Saunders, Nicholas J.

Alexander's tomb : the two thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror / Nicholas J. Saunders. - Paperback edition. - New York : Basic Books, 2006. - xiii, 290 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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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Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. --Tomb.
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. --Death and burial.

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