This is Veraturm alba, which bears no resemblance to Helleborus:
Wonder what they will say it is another four years from now. Back in 2010, it was bacterial contamination from river water or suchlike.Did toxic wine kill Alexander the Great? Scientists ‘find plant behind ancient leader’s agonizing death over 12 days’
This is Veraturm alba, which bears no resemblance to Helleborus:
It is sobering to think that when Alexander the great was my age, he’d been dead for 30 years.
Let’s see - the case is over 2000 years old, there is no body or mummified remains or even bones left to examine, the man died in Babylon, a city which no longer exists, and the only witnesses apparently wrote varying accounts of his death in ancient languages on papyrus. Might as well consult a Ouija board - it’s all just speculation at this point.
Think what those Greeks bearing gifts could have accomplished if they had had polonium 210.
Iraq and the salt marshes have always been high-disease areas, yet we’re supposed to see some great mystery in a guy living a dissolute life in this environment getting sick and dying?