Alexander The Great's Death Debated

Discovery Channel ^ | 8-2-2004

[Poohbah]

There's a very interesting BBC video done by Michael Wood a few years ago in which he retraced, with a camera and, obviously, a lot of work, the 20,000 mile journey, through 16 countries of today, of Alexander and his troops, interviewing and gleaning information from the locals whose stories of the conqueror are still being told. I got it from my library and found it a fascinating compaction of the historic journey without all the political correctness that would be included by many today.

My wife got that video for me for my birthday many years ago. I still watch it, absolutely fascinated every time.

[dangus]

>>You mean he's still alive???<<

Dam.
You beat me to the wise-crack.
Here goes mine:
I'm pretty sure he's dead. But you know the media pundits. They don't even know that John Kerry is dead.

[dangus]

Dammit, Jim.

[GretchenM]

Here's the link at Amazon.com:
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great

Made in 1998

I want to get it eventually. Hated returning it to the library and watched it twice before it had to go "home."

[Junior]

You know, when I first saw the headline, that's exactly what popped into my head.

[Conspiracy Guy]

He's dead Jim!

[Junior]

I have an ironclad alibi.

We should monitor you, nonetheless.

[RUCKUS INC.]

I CAN ASSURE HE IS DEAD... END OF DEBATE

[atomic conspiracy]

Reuters: probably Bush's fault

[HenryLeeII]

Typical. Not so much as a passing reference to my "Fatal Tractor Pull Injury" theory. Snobs.

Exactly. The elitist professor types (whose salaries we pay) will never go against one of their own and take the side of an 'outsider.' However, their sneering denial of your brilliant "Fatal Tractor Pull Injury" theory fell apart when amateur archaeologist Konstantin Zjurkenofonous discovered a 2,400-year old wooden Macedonian Harvester while digging near Corfu.

The dating of the tractor, the location in the heart of the Greek/Macedonian world, and the oft-ignored footnotes in the writings of Plutarch, the historian of record regarding the death of Alexander, describing the "broken breast-cage, shattered limbs which will carry him to no more victories on the field of battle nor the pulling of the great vehicles, and the loss of his great and glorious head, which shall slow his endeavors to the rate of we mere mortals..." is the most compelling evidence as to the actual cause of the warrior's death.

The silliness of the West Nile virus v. typhoid debate is infantile given Alexander the Great's widely-known natural immunities to all illnesses and STDs, inherited from his father, Cronos, the Greek god of time and agriculture. As any real historian knows, the god-men of the ancient world were only susceptible to death if inflicted by another equal being, if lured to impending doom by a Siren, or the tragic and usually-fatal, but oft-ignored, fatal tractor pull injury.

Your soon-to-be-published essay in the Fall 2004 issue of the Eastern Pennsylvania Quarterly of Ancient Motorized Agricultural Equipment should put to rest any debate on this subject.

[NilesJo]

very interesting BBC video done by Michael Wood

Please inform the title of the video.

[NilesJo]

Oops, didn't see the post below....In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great

Thanks.

[nomorelurker]

As good as any Michael Moore set of facts. If he came out with that how many people would cite it as authority.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Oztrich Boy]

"He's dead, Jim"

[Cronos]

inherited from his father, Cronos,

I deny everything, I don't know the woman you're talking about. I did not have....... ;-P

[SunkenCiv]

uh-oh, I think I saw that same paper regarding the Macedonian Harvester...

The video, VHS only (but I believe it's about to come out on DVD; FWIW, I love his "Trojan War" documentary, which came out on DVD this year), alongside the paperback of the book:

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In the Footsteps of Alexander The Great: A Journey from Greece to Asia by Michael Wood

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[Tallguy]

Was that the show where they traced Hellenic civilization well into central asia? I was surprised how far the outposts actually got. Seemed like the Silk Road was active even then.

[Skooz]

Thanks. It just got on my Wish List.

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Why do these headlines look like my grade-schooler wrote them?