Alexander's tomb the two thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror / [[Book] :]
Two thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror.
Nicholas J. Saunders.
- New York : Basic Books, 2006.
- 290.P ; 25.CM.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 tombs -- Politics of the dead -- The eternal quest -- Afterlife.
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Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C. --Tomb. Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C. --Death and burial.