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Alexander's tomb : the two thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror / Nicholas J. Saunders.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, 2006.Edition: Paperback editionDescription: xiii, 290 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9774160487
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 21 932 CC/S A
Online resources:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) 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 ancient walls -- Politics of the dead -- The eternal quest -- Afterlife.

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