If his remains were packed in honey, that's a Sumerian tradition. Not certain how long that practice lasted past the sack of Ur III (c. 1912 BC). But a lot of influences did, including the language (the curia's "Latin" of the 2nd and 1st millenium BC, at least up to the Seleucid, and that would include Alexander's successors. Anyone know why Ptolemy won out over the Seleucids for the tomb site?
Did Ptolemy take possession?
His one-eyed father Philip's tomb was almost certainly uncovered just a few years ago.