In 2009, her team uncovered a sculpture of Alexander the Great at the site ... records indicating that Alexander was buried ...

Following Alexander’s death in Babylon ... long considered the last of the great pagan intellects. Most historians assumed that Alexandria’s learned glow dimmed as the new religion gained ...

Today, cities from Alexandria in Egypt to Kandahar in ... But Cartledge also says Alexander was a great propagandist. Two ...

But what many don’t know is that Alexandria, which lies about 136 ... Egypt was founded around 331 BC by Alexander the Great, the iconic king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.

When Alexander the Great founded the port city in 331 BC, he laid the foundation for one of the most famous and largest metropolises of the ancient world. For centuries Alexandria was the center ...