A suggestion that the tomb was located there remains unproven. No certain archaeological traces of Alexander the Great’s tomb have yet been discovered, and the search persists to this day.

A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...

Despite geopolitical tensions, dozens of Jews, including Israelis, have journeyed to shrine in Kurdish city of Alqosh since ...

Archaeologists uncovered Old Kingdom tombs in Aswan’s Qubbat al-Hawa, Egypt, shedding light on a key transitional period in ...

In the ancient city of Gordion in Turkey, archaeologists have unearthed an 8th-century B.C.E. tomb with possible ties to King ...

The second week of the Israel-Iran war has started with a renewed round of strikes targeting an Iranian nuclear research ...

In 2012, the largest funerary monument of ancient Greece was discovered in Amphipolis, in central Macedonia: the Kasta tumulus or Amphipolis Tomb. In 2015, researchers were able to confirm that it had ...

A far-right campaign to demolish the long-dead Mughal emperor’s mosque has set off Hindu-Muslim riots in Nagpur city.

Arranged over three sections, “The Great Mughals” covers the eras of Akbar (who reigned from 1556 until 1605), Jahangir (1605-1627) and Shah Jahan (1627-1666).

Residence-turned-tomb His search of isolation led to the construction of a domed structure atop a rocky outcrop in Mehrauli region of south Delhi. The rocky outcrop had sheer vertical walls preventing ...

Around the time of COVID-19, Ira Mukhoty came out with her exhaustive biography, Akbar The Great Mughal: The Definitive Biography (Aleph). It came on the heels of Manimugdha S. Sharma’s Allahu ...