Now, researchers are conducting a long, intensive analysis Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent A famous Roman mosaic depicting Alexander the Great is revealing ... from the ruins of Pompeii ...

Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon (in modern-day Greece) at the age of 20 to conquer the mighty Persian Empire.

Alexander the Great built an empire that stretched from ... "would rival Rome and Athens as the greatest of ancient cities, its ruins one of the wonders most visited today by wide-eyed tourists ...