The discovery of a 2000-year-old headless statue from the Hellenistic period has prompted Greek police to investigate.

A headless and armless small marble Greek sculpture from the Hellenistic period turned up in the trash in Thessaloniki.

Alexander was born in Pella ... overlord of Asia Minor and pharaoh of Egypt became 'great king' of Persia at the age of 25. Over the next eight years, in his capacity as king, commander ...

a period roughly between 320 and 30 B.C. that was marked by a flourishing of art and culture following the conquests of Alexander the Great. The statue was sent for further examination by ...

An intriguing Hellenistic statue and other signs of ... the fourth pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt and the great-grandson of Ptolemy I, moved Alexander's body to its final documented resting place ...

Researchers have hotly debated where Alexander the Great is buried, with theories ranging from his homeland in Macedonia (now Greece) to Egypt. Like the Holy Grail ... An intriguing Hellenistic statue ...