At the archaeological site of Vergina, the ancient Aigai and first capital of Macedonia, archaeologists unearthed several monumental tombs in the 1980s. Three of those tombs contained a singular and ...

One October morning in 336 B.C., the small theater at Aigai, the ceremonial center of ancient Macedonia, began to fill with honored guests. They had come from across Greece and the Balkans to attend ...

In early November 333 BC, Alexander the Great crushed the massive Persian forces led by King Darius III at the Battle of ...

Alexander the Great of Macedonia inherited his father's dream of conquering the Persian empire. Soon after his father's assassination in 336 BCE, Alexander led Greek and Macedonian forces into Asia ...

The ‘Great Tumulus’ site in Vergina (once Aegae, the original capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia) has been found to be the final resting place of the father, son, and half-brother of the King ...

What on earth was your paper thinking when it connected Alexander the Great to FYROM, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ["What on Earth?," March 24]? Because of his enormous appeal, Alexander ...

Alexander of Macedonia, student of Aristotle and conqueror of an empire that reached to Asia and Persia, vacillated often between cynicism and superstition. While distrustful of many of his companions ...

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

Between Netflix and the History Channel, there’s been a whole lot of docuseries that combine expert interviews with extensive scripted reenactments. It’s a hybrid format that aims to give context to ...

SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Macedonian authorities have begun replacing road signs after officially changing the name of the country's main highway from "Alexander the Great" as a goodwill gesture to ...