A cremated male skeleton in a lavish ancient Greek tomb is not Alexander the Great's half-witted half-brother, according to a new study.

If this is the case, it’s possible that some of Alexander the Great’s armor could be buried with the pair. Arrhidaeus himself did not fight in battles, but he wore the garments of Alexander ...

Vault and masonry of Tomb II. Credit: Mark Landon / Wikimedia Commons The discovery of Alexander’s sarapis in Tomb II is also supported by representations on the tomb’s frieze. In one of the hunting ...

The tunic was sacred because only Alexander the Great was allowed to wear it, said Antonis Bartsiokas, professor emeritus of physical anthropology and paleoanthropology at the Democritus ...

Aldrete said lecture attendees will get to see one of their recreations, too. A book he co-wrote, “Reconstruction Ancient Linen Body Armor,” about the armor was released earlier this year. At the time ...

It was the largest building of classical Greece: the palace where Alexander the Great was proclaimed king before he launched a conquest that took him as far as modern-day Afghanistan.