the two thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror Saunders, Nicholas J. creator text bibliography nyu New York Basic Books 2006 2007 2006 Paperback edition. monographic eng

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xiii, 290 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm 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. specialized Nicholas J. Saunders. Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and index. the Great Alexander 356 B.C.-323 B.C Tomb the Great Alexander 356 B.C.-323 B.C Death and burial 932 CC/S A 9774160487 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1105/2006000973-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1105/2006000973-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1105/2006000973-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1105/2006000973-d.html EG-CaGPL 060111 20240530110416.0