Over 2,300 years ago, a 20-year-old man was crowned king in a sprawling palace in Greece. He went on to build an empire that stretched to modern-day Afghanistan and left a legacy felt today. His name ...

Archaeologists in Greece may have made a fascinating discovery in an ancient palace on the island of Crete. Citing Greece’s Ministry of Culture, ANA-MPA reports that the room was discovered during ...

The Greek government has just reopened an ancient palace where the well-known conqueror Alexander the Great ascended to the throne as King of Macedonia roughly 2,400 years ago. Formerly referred to as ...

Greece has reopened the ancient palace where Alexander the Great became King of Macedonia some 2,400 years ago after it underwent restoration. The Palace of Aigai, formally known as the Royal ...

The excavations at Agios Vasileios (courtesy Angelos Delivorias / Stavros Vlizos / Greek Ministry of Culture) (click to enlarge) The Greek Ministry of Culture announced on August 25 that since 2009, ...

The brightly patterned floors of an ancient Greek palace were painted to mimic patchworks of textiles and stone masonry — an innovative way that Bronze Age artists decorated palatial rooms, a new ...

Archaeologists reopened the 2,300-year-old Palace of Aigai, the monumental site where Alexander the Great became king, after 16 years of restoration work, a photo shows. Giannis Papanikos AP Over ...