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From Spring 334 BC to Spring 331 BC, following Alexander as he sets out from Greece to what is now Palestine, and on into Egypt...
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The interior of Bodrum Castle at Halicarnassos. Alexander laid seige to the castle 334 BC.
Michael arrives at Gordion, the site where Alexander was said to have cut the famous Gordion Knot.
An animated Professor Ken Harl explains how Alexander managed the decisive defeat the Persian forces at Issus.
Pushing on into Persia, the crew hitch a lift across modern-day Lebanon in a UN helicopter.
Michael dines with some of Gaza's most notable historians and learns about the "two-horned" Alexander portrayed in the Koran.
Visiting the spectacular Alexandria (the first of many Alexandria's founded along the route).
The crew head out off-road, searching for the route that would have taken Alexander to Siwa.
Siwa's Sacred Hill, home to the Oracle who greeted Alexander as the 'Son of Zeus'.