This is often referred to as the “Eagle’s Nest” city. Alexander the Great attempted to conquer the ancient city of Termessos but ultimately failed. Today, the deserted ruins of this once-powerful city ...

The graphic novel tells a lesser-known story of Alexander, “Driven by an unyielding ambition, Alexander the Great set out to conquer the known world, his legendary army unstoppable. “But as he plunges ...

Columbia Professor Richard A. Billows, in his book Before and After Alexander, sheds light on unseen aspects of the legendary ...

Alexander the Great reigned as King of Macedon ... as one of history's most triumphant military commanders, having conquered nearly all regions of the world known to his contemporaries.

Not unlike many of the Renaissance families of Italy, the Borgias were power hungry, corrupt, and self-indulgent. But their ...

Computerized artificial intelligence (AI) has analyzed a 2000-year-old burned parchment, and found mention of the generals and usurpers who succeeded Alexander the great, who is also spoken of in the ...

Poetry has great power to move the hearts of men and women. It cannot be entirely wrong to wish for one great poet to have ...

Iraq, known in antiquity as Mesopotamia, had a succession of powerful empires and was the great prize ... Rather than trying to conquer it with an amphibious landing, Alexander directed his ...

Many Iranians believe Iran has not recovered from the Arab conquest and the Islam is more at fault than the Arabs. Many Iranians now believe that, without the internal squabbling, Iran could have ...