For more than two millennia, the death and burial of Macedonian king Alexander the Great have been shrouded in mystery. He perished in 323 B.C.E. after suffering from a baffling illness for 12 days — ...
A Greek woman wore a long tunic called a chiton. Over this, she wore a cloak draped from her shoulders, called a himation. Young men wore short tunics, while older men preferred long ones.