Alexander the Great dived into the unknown, facing giant crabs, pearls, and mysterious depths in a legendary underwater ...

A prophecy about Alexander the Great is found in the Jewish Book of Daniel, which was written 200 years before his birth.

The Battle of Issus, fought in 333 BC, was one of the most pivotal moments in ancient history. On one side stood Alexander ...

Discover the shocking stories behind two of antiquity’s most infamous conspiracy theories. In Classical Athens, Alcibiades became the target of public panic after sacred statues were vandalized ...

In his enthralling “The Spy in the Archive,” Gordon Corera tells the story of an unlikely hero embedded within the heart of ...

This wonderful HBO miniseries stars Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney as John and Abigail Adams, the power couple of the ...

Excavations in northern Greece are revealing the world that shaped the future king One October morning in 336 B.C., the small theater at Aigai, the ceremonial center of ancient Macedonia, began to ...

In the early 20th century, the stretch of Ross Avenue leading into downtown was lined by mansions built for the city’s elite.

In this chapter from his new biography of the singer, Alexander Larman recounts the improbable events – including one subpar ...

The late Samuel Seruwagi Matte battled prostate cancer with courage and dignity, never losing his humour, hope, or generosity ...

The out-flowing love is the love that goes to the darkest places in the world and takes the darkness upon itself. In other ...

We’re as much the products of the books we read as we are of the times we live in. The 20 books in the list below certainly shaped me: I owe them my career as a classicist, and the seven books I’ve ...