01615cam a2200301 i 4500 OSt 20240530110416.0 060111t20072006nyuab f b 001 0 eng 9774160487 EG-CaGPL EG-CaGPL pcc 21 932 CC/S A 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 text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier 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. Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. Tomb. Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. Death and burial. Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1105/2006000973-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1105/2006000973-d.html ddc BK 60563 60563 0 0 ddc 0 0 CAI CAI 2015-03-04 0 932 CC/S A 159659 2015-03-04 00:00:00 2015-03-04 BK