Credit: Dan Sloan / Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0 According to ancient myths, Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of wine, invaded India long before Alexander the Great was born. Dionysus is an Ancient Greek god ...

By Lynsey Chutel Could it be a scrap of Alexander the Great’s clothing ... the foundation for his son’s conquests from Egypt to India. Mr. Bartsiokas, who specializes in the microanalysis ...

For the collection of these resources, Antiochus sent Androsthenes of Cyzicus. Antiochus III was the only king after Alexander the Great and Seleucus I to successfully establish Greek sovereignty in ...

A map of India today not only delineates states and territories but echoes the nation ... However, the horizon expanded with the conquests of Alexander the Great, granting the 3rd-century BCE ...

[2] When his father got the position as Professor of Medicine at Edinburgh University the family moved to Adam Square. [3] Alexander attended the Edinburgh High School a short distance away to the ...

Among the many perks that came with being an ancient Macedonian king was the exclusive right to dress in purple, and Alexander the Great certainly made the most of this royal entitlement.

A fetching purple tunic found in an ancient tomb in Greece belonged to Alexander the Great, experts say. The revered ceremonial garment – called 'mesoleucon sarapis' – was uncovered 47 years ...

This extraordinary find is believed to have belonged to Alexander the Great. For decades, archaeologists have been aware that the three royal graves housed in Vergina are intimately connected to ...

A fetching purple tunic found in an ancient tomb in Greece belonged to Alexander the Great, experts say. The revered ceremonial garment – called 'mesoleucon sarapis' – was uncovered 47 ...