| Description |
xiii, 290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Tomb.
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Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Death and burial.
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| Added Title |
Two thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror |
| ISBN |
046507202X alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780465072026 |
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