Alexander's tomb : the two thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror /

"Alexander the Great is a towering figure in world history-his military genius and flamboyant personality have perhaps never been surpassed. But despite our long-held fascination with him, we have no idea where he is buried. The search for Alexander's tomb began soon after his untimely dea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Saunders, Nicholas J (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, 2007.
Edition:	Paperback edition.
Subjects:	Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C. > Tomb. Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C. > Death and burial. Alexander / the Great / 356-323 B.C / Tomb Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C. Alexandre, > el Gran, > 356 aC-323 aC > Mort i enterrament. Alexandre, > el Gran, > 356 aC-323 aC > Tomba. Alexandre > III > (roi de Macédoine ; > 0356-0323 av. J.-C.) > Mort et sépulture. Alexander (Makedonien, König, III.) Excavations (Archaeology) / History Greece / History / Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C Death and burial of a person Tombs Grab Lokalisation Geschichte
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: ghosts in ruins
The cloak of immortality
Death and dying in Babylon
Stealing the body and the Memphis tomb
Who moved Alexander's corpse?
The Alexandrian mausoleum
Ancient visitors
The tomb disappears
The two-horned lord and medieval whispers
Napoleon, Nelson, and Alexander's ghost
Archaeologists, maps, and tombs
Alabaster, fantasy, and ancient walls
Politics of the dead
The eternal quest
Afterlife.