Controversy is swirling around Netflix’s new six episode show Alexander: The Making of a God. I finished watching the six episodes this week and am ready to give my thoughts.

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is the original viral list. It has captured the imagination of history nerds and travelers for thousands of years.

How did the Kingdom of Macedon go from a Greek backwater to controlling one of the largest empires of the ancient world? Historian Adrian Goldsworthy joins me to discuss Alexander the Great and his influential father Philip II.

New evidence has come to light in this ancient mystery that may finally provide answers to the mystery of the lost tomb of Alexander the Great.

In this episode of the podcast, I talk to British historian and author Andrew Chugg about his recent breakthrough findings in his search for the lost tomb of Alexander the Great.

I recently had the pleasure of posing a few questions to Jeanne Reames, ancient history scholar and author of the brand new historical fiction novel Dancing with the Lion: Becoming which tells the story of a young Alexander the Great.

Given the vast empire he amassed in a single decade after leaving Macedon, it’s natural to wonder what he would have been able to do had he lived another 10, 20, or 30 years.

If this conspiracy theory is right, the bones buried at Saint Mark’s Basilica in Venice aren’t actually Saint Mark’s. They’re Alexander’s.

In this episode of the podcast, we investigate whether a mysterious army of lovers known as the Sacred Band of Thebes really dominated Greece in the 4th century BCE. 

Alexander the Great, Part II investigates the strangest event of Alexander's career - his visit to the Oracle of Ammon at the Siwa Oasis in Northern Africa.

Alexander the Great has long been associated with the mythic heroes of ancient Greece. In many ways, it seems like he was one himself - the only difference being that we have proof Alexander actually lived. 

Alexander's desire to visit the oracle of a god known as Zeus-Ammon led to one of the strangest and most mysterious chapters of his life. 

As far as I can tell, the first major insight Plutarch offers into Alexander's relationship with Hephaestion comes in Book 39, as he discusses Alexander's mother's habit of sending her son private letters from Macedon.

71,852 words later, a first draft of the Achilles Gene is hot off the press.