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Where is Alexander the Great's tomb?Based on ancient writings, legends and recent discoveries, where might Alexander the Great be buried?
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AI is deciphering a 2,000-year-old 'lost book' describing life after Alexander the GreatWhen Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, it carbonized a book on rulers who followed Alexander the Great. Now, machine learning is deciphering the "lost book."
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Photos: Ancient Egyptian Tax Receipt & Other TextsSeveral ancient and medieval texts at McGill University Library and Archives are being deciphered. One of the most interesting texts is a receipt for a huge land-transfer tax.
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Why does the Rosetta Stone have 3 kinds of writing?Here's why ancient Egypt's Rosetta Stone has three texts that say the exact same thing.
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Who were the ancient Persians?Reference The Persians, originally a semi-nomadic people from central Asia, settled on the Iranian plateau and founded the Achaemenid Empire.
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The rise and fall of the Great Library of AlexandriaReference The Great Library of Alexandria in Egypt was the most important repository of knowledge in the ancient world.
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Alexander the Great: Facts, biography and accomplishments
Alexander the Great's empire stretched from the Balkans to modern-day Pakistan.
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Has the tomb of Alexander the Great's mom been found? Experts are doubtful.A researcher claims to have identified the long-lost tomb of Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great. But other scholars are skeptical.
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8 truly dysfunctional royal familiesPalace plots, assassination attempts and multiple marriages would have made family reunions in these royal lineages awkward, to say the least.
