Archaeologists working in North Macedonia may have discovered the remains of Lyncus, an ancient city that was the capital of the Kingdom of Lyncestis. More analysis is needed to support the ...

Though few have heard of the ancient queen ... who ruled from 221 to 179 B.C. But a coin from Alexander the Great’s reign emerged, pushing it back to the 4th century B.C. Now, it looks like ...

When Alexander the Great visited the tomb of Cyrus of Persia, he found it ransacked and ordered that the tomb be restored.

Ancient Greeks developed sophisticated units of measurement ranging from measuring length, distance, volume, and weight of ...

Archaeologists often spend long amounts of time at a dig site, only to dig up garbage such as bottle caps and soda cans, or ...

Remains of what may be the ancient capital city of the Kingdom of Lyncestis have been found in North Macedonia.

An entire ancient Egyptian settlement ... until now were from a long-abandoned Greek necropolis and lakeside town from the time of Alexander the Great. What emerged when archaeologists dug deeper ...

Archeologists thought an excavation site was just a military outpost–but after further study, they realized it was actually ...

Artifacts found at the site date the city back to Alexander the Great’s lifetime, though some experts suggest humans may have occupied the area as early as the Bronze Age. The ancient city might ...

Archaeologists in Greece are showing how ... has been regarded as a minor figure in ancient history, remembered primarily as the father of Alexander the Great. But Philip was a colossus in his ...