Has the location of Alexander the Great's Tomb been found

Ancient Origins ^ | March 2020 | Ashlet Cowie

[wildbill]

The mysterious location of the tomb of Alexander the Great might finally have been confirmed.

Alexander the Great was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon from 336–323 BC and after conquering the Greek city-states he rolled over Persia founding an empire with 70 cities across three continents covering an estimated two million square miles.

Now, a piece of masonry from an ancient tomb discovered in the foundations of St Mark ’s in Venice matching the dimensions of a sarcophagus in the British Museum might confirm the location of the tomb of Alexander the Great, and what’s more, the lost royal burial place of the last native pharaohs of Egypt, and the Greek pharaohs that came thereafter. An Ancient Corruption of the Truth?

[sneakers]

Alexander the Great song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-GtUGf5s8Q

[Zirondelle76]

Love Horrible Histories! “Guitar solo, Ptolemy!”

[Captain Jack Aubrey]

When Octavius visited Alexander’s tomb in Alexandria, he had the crystal cover removed and bent over to kiss Alexander on the cheek. In doing so, he knocked of Alexander’s nose.

[sneakers]

Agreed - awesome show! They present history in a very entertaining way!

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

See above for the Alexander the Great keyword topics. His tomb gets discovered every few years, in different placesin Egypt, in Greece or Macedonia, in Australia, whatever. :^) Here are the other GGG topics introduced since the previous Digest ping:

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[stuckincali]

Bkmrk

[Red Badger]

Seems to me his tomb, if one exists, would be in Iran or Iraq..................

[SunkenCiv]

While it is true that he died in Babylon, it's known that the sarcophagus and tomb was in Alexandria. Somehwere around FR there's a post or topic about this, couldn't find it, didn't look that hard:

The Alexander Sarcophagus:

Google

[Red Badger]

According to Mr Chugg, the shocking inference following his new evidence is that the remains of St Mark the Evangelist within a coffin in the high altar in St Mark ’s in Venice might be that of Alexander the Great.

Carbon dating and DNA test would possibly be a next logical step.............

[Ouderkirk]

I have taken to calling it “The Wuhan Commievirus”

[Adder]

If they were found with rolls of toilet paper, then quite possibly yess.

[DoughtyOne]

Works for me...

[DoughtyOne]

That may be in the part too badly damaged to translate.

d":^)

[LadyDoc]

actually in Anabasis, they escaped Persia, but the area where they escaped is now part of Iraq.

And John Ringo’s book the Last Centurion, is a retelling of that in modern times, when a plague (!) decimates the earth and one unit is stuck in Iraq and has to make their way home.

[max americana]

You recommend the book? Sounds interesting. I hope it’s not like the idiotic lefty the Last Ship with the same plague situation.

[WoofDog123]

the fact there was a macedonian-symbol marble work in the st. marcos basilica should have been puzzled over long ago - but I am not aware of anyone advancing the theory that the relics used for st. mark are actually those of Alexander until Chugg did so (some time back originally).

If the finding on the dimensions etc. of the piece in venice hold up, it is pretty significant.

that said, there are several points in history, as I understand it, where the mummy might have been lost - the 11th century in venice, but also I wonder about the earthquake in alexandra (4th cent? not sure) as it repots extensive flooding and the tomb complex inaccessible for a long while. also some changes of control of the area in the 7th century - more generally, a lot can happen over that long a period of time.

It would certainly be interesting if the church would permit examination of the bones as this might be a fairly simple question to answer (e.g. key wounds not present - much less likely to be him). as I understand it, such examination is unlikely at best, to say nothing of isotope studies of the tooth enamel.

[Pontiac]

They die of COVID-19?

Well, they die of something.

Eventually.

[DoughtyOne]

I guess so...

[DoughtyOne]