Over 2,300 years ago, a 20-year-old man was crowned king in a sprawling palace in Greece. He went on to build an empire that stretched to modern-day Afghanistan and left a legacy felt today. His name ...

Alexander the Great in battle on his horse, Bucephalas © Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, ...

The late King Alexander of Greece died of a monkey bite (1920). Last week the Prime Minister of the Greek Republic, famed Eleutherios Venizelos, was bitten by a woman. “Let me kiss your hand!” pleaded ...

Archaeologists reopened the 2,300-year-old Palace of Aigai, the monumental site where Alexander the Great became king, after 16 years of restoration work, a photo shows. Giannis Papanikos AP Over ...