Alexander's tomb : the two thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror /
by Saunders, Nicholas J.
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BookPublisher: New York : Basic Books, c2006Description: p. cm.ISBN: 046507202X :.Other title: Two thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror.Subject(s): Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C. -- Tomb | Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C. -- Death and burialOnline resources: Table of contents only
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 tombs -- Politics of the dead -- The eternal quest -- Afterlife.
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| 938 Dav Athens / | 938 Gra The founders of the western world : | 938 Gra Readings in the classical historians / | 938 Sau Alexander's tomb : | 938.07 Arr The Landmark Arrian : | 939 Dou Thera, Pompeii of the ancient Aegean : | 939 Str The Trojan War : |
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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