The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers a slideshow presentation of Hellenistic art.

The PBS series, titled "How Art Made the World," takes a look at a number of different images of Alexander the Great, which have an unmistakable political purpose. Alexander wanted people everywhere to know that he was worthy to be in...

PowerPoint presentation includes 50 slides with pictures, maps and information for students to learn about Alexander the Great's life and conquest.

Follow Alexander the Great as he builds a tremendous empire, significantly changing and improving geography and history.

This EyeWittnes to History site, which illuminates the past through personal narratives and other first-hand sources, provides a general overview of Alexander's conquering of Persia in 331 B.C.

Great resource for history teachers! Website has a lot of information about the Romanov Tsar Alexander's palace, along with an archive of historical diaries and letters. Good resource for studying Russian history. Many pages are...

Illustrated dictionary entry for Alexander the Great provides a brief account of his life.

An image of Alexander the Great.

Coin of Alexander the Great. Alexander, at the time of his father's death, was in his twentieth year, having been born in B.C. 356. - Smith, 1882

A map showing the extent of the Empire of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, from Macedonia to northern Africa, across Asia Minor to the Indus River. The inset map show the site of the Battle of the Granicus in 334 BC, near Troy, where...

Alexander the Great's head on a silver coin of Lysimachus in 321-281 B.C.

The remains of the head of a portrait-statue in white marble of Alexander the Great in Greek style. The nose and the chin are chipped.

An illustration of a coin with depicting the face of Alexander the Great.

As was the trend at the time it was created, the artist paid special attention to Alexander the Great's face in this sculpture, while other details are less pronounced.

Artist's portrait of Alexander the Great.

General Webb, born in New York city, February 15th, 1835, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1855, and assigned to the artillery. He served in Florida, Minnesota, and for three years as assistant professor at West...

William, Prince of Orange, called 'William the Silent,' was the natural leader of the Netherlands at this crisis, and he was chosen by Holland and Zealand as their governor. He was the determined foe of Spanish tyranny, and his strength...

High relief sculpture of Alexander the Great on Bucephalas.

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great

The Greek king of Macedon.

An image of "Alexander the Great Refuses to Take Water", created by Giuseppe Cades in 1792 (Tempera with wax on canvas, 81 x 114 cm).

An image of "Alexander the Great", created by Couly Ii Nouailher, c. 1541 (Enamel, painted and partly gilded, on copper, diameter 23 cm).

An image of "Alexander the Great in the Temple of Jerusalem", created by Sebastiano Conca from 1735-37 (Oil on canvas, 52 x 70 cm).