Josh Gates Uncovers Alexander's Lost Tomb | Expedition Unknown | Discovery [4:09]

YouTube ^ | July 5, 2024 | Discovery

[SunkenCiv]

Watch as Josh Gates and researchers use augmented reality to match a Macedonian funerary block from the Crypt of St. Mark to a sarcophagus found in Alexandria, suggesting the remains may belong to Alexander the Great. By reconstructing the missing blocks, they reveal the complete tomb’s appearance for the first time, confirming a precise physical fit between the sarcophagus and it's casing.

Josh Gates Uncovers Alexander's Lost Tomb | Expedition Unknown | 4:09
Discovery | 5.88M subscribers | 88,165 views | July 5, 2024

[SunkenCiv]

• Has the location of Alexander the Great's Tomb been found [03/12/2020]

[SunkenCiv]

[BenLurkin]

I like his show better when it was just a travelogue. Him walking through tourist markets making lame jokes.

[mairdie]

Journal of Alexander the Great, found in an attic by Henry Livingston, Feb 1793, New-York Magazine

https://youtu.be/ByGN29_5VRQ

[SunkenCiv]

There’s also a number of vids on this particular topic, but the St Mark’s angle has been intriguing for me for a while.

[SunkenCiv]

Thx mairdie.

https://www.academia.edu/6809239/The_Journal_of_Alexander_the_Great_in_Ancient_History_Bulletin_Vol_19.3-4_pp.155-175

[Beowulf9]

Alexander was supposed to be in a glass coffin.

[higgmeister]

I guess there is always a first time.

[AZJeep]

Sensationalist piece of crap.
It proves nothing, but makes for good story.

[PIF]

Why are you posting a 20 year old story?

[DannyTN]

GREAT!!!

[SunkenCiv]

One of the Ptolemys had money problems, and the bottle deposit amount was enormous. ;^)

[SunkenCiv]

You two fight it out.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks DannyTN!

[SunkenCiv]

[snip] Alexander the Great died in the fourth century BCE in the year 323. He was buried in a magnificent tomb, which was just as famous in antiquity as it is today. It was a sarcophagus that fit his body like a glove, and it was made out of solid gold. There was an expensive, purple robe covering the torso and possibly the legs with gold embroidered on it.

Later on, Alexander's tomb changed significantly. According to Strabo, a Greek writer of the first century CE, King Ptolemy X took the gold from Alexander's magnificent tomb and melted it down for his own purposes.

After this, the gold tomb was replaced with one made of glass, as per Strabo. Many scholars consider it likely that this is a reference to alabaster, a type of material occasionally used for small windows due to its slight translucence. It was this "glass" tomb that one of the Roman emperors visited when he allegedly broke off Alexander's nose. But how did this happen? [/snip]

The Roman Emperor Who Broke the Nose of Alexander the Great's Corpse [07/07/2024]

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[Beowulf9]

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