Alexander the Great visiting the tomb of Achilles. Credit: Flickr / Thomas Hawk CC BY-NC 2.0 Alexander the Great is best remembered for his dramatic conquests. However, another famous event in his ...
The first obvious thing to do when trying to locate Alexander the Great’s tomb is see what ancient texts say about it. Ptolemy, who was the governor of Egypt at that time, brought Alexander’s body to ...
Scientists have claimed that a mysterious purple tunic discovered in an ancient Greek tomb belonged to Alexander the Great. The 'mesoleucon sarapis' garment was unearthed 47 years ago in one of ...