So the bronze sculpture of Alexander the Great also found its way back to Greece, as one of 351 objects identified as looted art. Alexander is "Number 11." ...

The quest to uncover the final resting place of Alexander the Great continues to captivate archaeologists and historians ...

Experts say the marble head has many distinctive features from a statue of Alexander the Great, including a hairstyle meant to look like a lion's mane and upward-looking eyes.

Stephan Lehmann first saw the bronze sculpture of the ancient ruler in 2000 at the Winckelmann Museum in the small town of Stendal in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The archaeologist, now retired, ...

Alexander the Great was crowned king of Macedon in October 336 B.C.E.. Over the following decade, he conquered an unparalleled territory that grew to span from Greece to northwestern India.

A bronze statue of Alexander the Great in Thessaloniki, Greece. (Petros Giannakouris / Associated Press) By Valorie Castellanos Clark. July 13, 2024 3 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options.

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 ...

Alexander of Macedon earned his epithet “Great”—awarded to him in antiquity and not, as one might think, only later—by conquering an empire of two million square miles, stretching from ...

So the bronze sculpture of Alexander the Great also found its way back to Greece, as one of 351 objects identified as looted art. Alexander is "Number 11." ...