One October morning in 336 B.C., the small theater at Aigai, the ceremonial center of ancient Macedonia, began to fill with honored guests. They had come from across Greece and the Balkans to attend ...

What on earth was your paper thinking when it connected Alexander the Great to FYROM, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ["What on Earth?," March 24]? Because of his enormous appeal, Alexander ...

Alexander of Macedonia had a reason to invade India. In the ongoing power politics of great empires, he apprehended Indian support for his arch-rivals in Iran. While taking an ambitious start from his ...

SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Macedonia's left-wing prime minister said he is ready to renounce his country's claim to be the sole heirs of the legacy of Alexander the Great to help solve a 26-year-old ...

The custom of using a royal throne was not Greek but Persian, and it was adopted by Alexander after conquering the Achaemenid Empire. This cultural shift left its mark on the royal tombs of the ...

Archaeologists working in North Macedonia may have discovered the remains of Lyncus, an ancient city that was the capital of the Kingdom of Lyncestis. More analysis is needed to support the finding ...

The ‘Great Tumulus’ site in Vergina (once Aegae, the original capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia) has been found to be the final resting place of the father, son, and half-brother of the King ...

The Roumlouki of Macedonia with the “rare breed of sheep and goats” — From Alexander the Great and female warriors to the Romans and the Ottomans Where is Roumlouki, and how did it get its name?

The first Qatar Airways non-stop flight from Doha to Skopje touched down today at Alexander the Great Airport. The new route to the capital of the Republic of Macedonia will be served four times per ...