Along with Alexander the Great’s father, Philip II of Macedon, the researchers said the three tombs also contain Alexander’s half-brother, King Philip III Arrhidaeus, and his teenage son ...

The new study, however, claims that this particular tomb doesn't belong to Alexander's father, but to Alexander's half-brother, Philip III (also known as Arrhidaeus). The study also claims that ...

How these items ended up in Greece is explained by classical writers. “The ancient sources report that Arrhidaeus inherited them from his half-brother Alexander the Great and transported them to ...

Initially thought to be the resting place of Philip II, Alexander's father, new evidence suggests that the tomb may have housed Philip III Arrhidaeus, Alexander's half-brother and successor.

But that identification is hotly contested. Some archaeologists believe that the bones actually belong to Philip III Arrhidaeus, Alexander's half-brother and a short-lived figurehead king.

Aristotle’s relationships with Alexander’s brother Arrhidaeus — left with a mental age of five after a childhood illness — with his young wife Pythias, his slave Athea and his companion ...