Alexander's tomb : the two thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror - Saunders, Nicholas J. (New York : Basic Books, 2006)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and index.
Keywords: Alexander, -- the Great, -- 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Tomb; Alexander, -- the Great, -- 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Death and burial