Alexander was born in ... The young king of Macedonia, leader of the Greeks, overlord of Asia Minor and pharaoh of Egypt became 'great king' of Persia at the age of 25. Over the next eight years ...

Alexander the Great became king of Macedonia, the ancient Greek realm, around age 20 and subsequently expanded his empire to parts of modern-day Greece and the Middle East, according to Biography.com.

Researchers have hotly debated where Alexander the Great is buried, with theories ranging from his homeland in Macedonia (now Greece) to Egypt. Like the Holy Grail or the Ark of the Covenant ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have just identified the site of Alexander the Great's first victory over the Persian Empire. This particular site had been unclear for 150 years.

His father hired the great philosopher, Aristotle, and asked him to create a little school here in a remote part of Macedonia where he spent three years intensively teaching the young Alexander ...