JAW BONES, SOME TEETH, SKULL FRAGMENTS, arm and leg bones, and a few artifacts were about all they had to work with. But after decades of study, archaeologists say they understand more about the skeletal remains belonging to the father, the half-brother and the son of Alexander the Great, ruler of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. The remains are considered by archaeologists to be “among the most historically important” in Europe.
During his reign from 336 B.C. until his death in 323 B.C., legendary leader Alexander waged extensive military campaigns to create one of
