Two titans of ancient conquest go head-to-head! Join us as we compare Cyrus the Great and Alexander the Great across five ...

Alexander the Great, one of the most famous historical figures, was initially buried in Memphis, one of the capitals of ancient Egypt, by his loyal general and companion, Ptolemy I Soter.

Egypt goes from glory to disaster in this lively history of the Ptolemaic Dynasty. Egyptologist Wilkinson (Ramesses the Great) begins with Alexander the Great’s conquest of Egypt in 332 BCE and ...

Alexander was born in Pella ... overlord of Asia Minor and pharaoh of Egypt became 'great king' of Persia at the age of 25. Over the next eight years, in his capacity as king, commander ...

After Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BC, a gold rush swept the kingdom, during which nearly 40 mines were operating. Bérangère Redon at the HiSoMA Laboratory in Lyon, France ...

During ancient times, a canal from the Nile diverted floodwater from the great river to ... off to subdue Persia, Alexander envisioned a metropolis linking Greece and Egypt. Avoiding the ...

It contains chapels and statues built not only by Ramses II, but also Alexander the Great, who ruled Egypt starting around 332 BC. This temple is one of the few to bear his likeness, although it ...

The horse was called Bucephalus and the boy would, of course, grow up to be Alexander the Great. Alexander was brought ... marched into the Middle East then into Egypt, before conquering the ...

Dominic Alexander concludes our series on the great revolutions by looking at the aftermath of the Russian revolution and ...

Conquering ninety percent of the known world by the age of twenty-five, Alexander the Great (Colin Farrell ... drove west to Egypt, and finally made his way east to India. This movie concentrated ...