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010 _a 2006000973
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_beng
_cDLC
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100 1 _aSaunders, Nicholas J.
245 1 0 _aAlexander's tomb
_h[[Book] :]
_bthe two thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror /
_cNicholas J. Saunders.
246 3 0 _aTwo thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror.
260 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books,
_c2006.
263 _a0606
300 _a290.P ;
_c25.CM.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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.
600 0 0 _aAlexander,
_cthe Great,
_d356-323 B.C.
_xTomb.
600 0 0 _aAlexander,
_cthe Great,
_d356-323 B.C.
_xDeath and burial.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip066/2006000973.html
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/2006000973-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/2006000973-d.html
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