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100	1		_aSaunders, Nicholas J.
245	1	0	_aAlexander's tomb : _bthe two thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror / _cNicholas J. Saunders.
250			_aPaperback edition.
260			_aNew York : _bBasic Books, _c2006.
300			_axiii, 290 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: 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.
600	0	0	_aAlexander, _cthe Great, _d356 B.C.-323 B.C. _xTomb.
600	0	0	_aAlexander, _cthe Great, _d356 B.C.-323 B.C. _xDeath and burial.
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1105/2006000973-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1105/2006000973-d.html
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