a key claim by the researcher is that the measurements of the masonry piece in venice (clearly macedonian) suggest it would precisely fit the sarcophagus of (forget his name) the emperor who was expelled when alexander conquered egypt and historically was always said to have been used for alexander himself.
the church will not allow any dna testing on the relics, of course (they never do). but it is an interesting topic.
the stories of how st mark died would seem to preclude his own actual body being available.
What emperor? Egypt was a Persian province prior to Alexander’s conquest.
It’s interesting that the remains had been given the mummy treatment.
It’s understandable that the church doesn’t want to look like a bunch of nimrods with a phony religious relic.
Apparently the earliest surviving account of his sarcophagus having been available follows the last surviving account of the A the G sarco having been seen, by just a few years.
BTW, there’s a clickbait POS YouTube channel called Future Unity, all their stuff is utter garbage, they’ve got a vid about how Alexander the Great’s been found. Also Genghis Khan. And Cleopatra. And King Arthur. Yeah, I’m buyin’ this. [barf]
Their vid is a bunch of froth, and plastered-together montages, but discusses St Mark’s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXCjw7TDRi4