In a startling development, archaeologists say these mysterious skeletons are the father and son of this legendary ruler.

Alexander the Great's siege of the island city of Tyre used all the innovation and cunning worthy of a conqueror still known ...

The legendary Macedonian King Alexander III, famously known as Alexander the Great (who was educated by the titanic Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle and slept with the venerable Greek poet ...

Chandragupta Maurya was the first king to establish an empire in India. He died a monk. Chandragupta Maurya is considered to ...

At Opis, Alexander the Great confronted a mutiny of his army, caused by simmering tensions between the Macedonians and ...

As a bold young man, Chandragupta Maurya, the future king of the Mauryan Empire, allegedly offered some brash advice to Alexander the Great, who had crossed the Indus River—the farthest frontier ...

And did he really leave his empire ‘to the strongest’. History Hit’s Tristan Hughes tells the story of Alexander the Great’s final days and addresses some of the myths around his passing.

Originally in the June 2025 issue of Empire. Alexander Skarsgård was shot exclusively for Empire in London on 12 March, 2025, by Rachell Smith. Murderbot is on Apple TV+ from 16 May.

Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon (in modern-day Greece) at the age of 20 to conquer the mighty Persian Empire.