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A study says it has located the remains of Alexander the Great's father, Philip II, half-brother, King Philip III Arrhidaeus, and his son Alexander IV, at a necropolis in Greece.
Along with Alexander the Great’s father, Philip II of Macedon, the researchers said the three tombs also contain Alexander’s half-brother, King Philip III Arrhidaeus, and his teenage son ...
Pictured, the façade of Tomb II in Vergina, Greece, including the door made of marble. Professor Bartsiokas says Tomb II contained Alexander the Great's half-brother, Philip III of Macedon The ...
Alexander the Great once murdered a high-ranking officer, with his own hands, in part for his saying that Alexander’s father, Philip, was a greater king than he. This occurred in 328 B.C., when ...
Philip II of Macedon, 212 AD. Medallion portrait of Philip (382 BC-336 BC), father of Alexander the Great who succeeded him as Alexander III of Macedon. Print Collector/Getty Images ...
He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before dying, aged just 32. Alexander the Great’s legacy has given him ...
From this perspective, the rise of Philip and Alexander, who subordinated the southern Greek cities, was a retrograde turn. In Ms Kottaridi’s view, the Greek city-states had been exhausted by ...
Historians and researchers created a new face reconstruction of Alexander the Great, the Ancient Greek leader of the kingdom ...
The presence of Alexander's tunic in his half-brother's tomb remains unexplained, though researchers speculate it might relate to Philip III's succession after Alexander's death.
A statue of Alexander the Great looms over the central square. One of his father, Philip II of Macedon, towers above a nearby piazza atop an oversize pedestal.