Remains of what may be the ancient capital city of the Kingdom of Lyncestis have been found in North Macedonia.

Alexander the man was the son of Philip II of Macedon, a small kingdom ... example of Greek Hellenistic coin portraiture, based on the prototypes of the great gems commissioned by Alexander ...

Photographs by Myrto Papadopoulos Photo illustration of Philip II of Macedon, left, and his son Alexander the Great. Sculptures are first-century Roman copies of Greek originals. A. Dagli Orti ...

Alexander was born in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia in July 356 BC. His parents were Philip II of Macedon and his wife ... and pharaoh of Egypt became 'great king' of Persia at the ...