After Philip II of Macedon had successfully united most of Greece through a combination of military might and diplomacy, he turned his attention to Sparta, the one major city-state that remained ...

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 ... of his father, Philip II. There are dozens more sites ...

The sanctuaries and temples of ancient Olympia are some of the oldest and most important in all of Ancient Greece.

Until now, scholars believed that residential activity in Philippi ceased after the 6th century AD. However, new findings—uncovered during excavation work for ...

The statue was not the only item spotted at ... Thasian colonists settled in the area around 360 B.C.E., and some years later Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, named the city ...

Calliope Limneos-Papakosta believes the tomb may be hidden beneath modern Alexandria's streets, at the intersection of ancient thoroughfares.

Credit: AMNA / Vasilis Lolidis A large public building with a statue depicting a young male built ... established in 356 BC by the King of Macedon and father of Alexander the Great, Philip II.