And two pieces found in Venice and the British Museum appear to be from the same burial coffin. Theft of a sacred relic was a common occurence in the past by all sorts of adventurers and "scientists>" Lots of stuff from Egypt wound up in the British Museum under less than savory circumstances. Outlandish theory? Yes, but there are stranger things than we know Horatio....:-)
Isn’t there some legend about what befalls anyone who discovers Alexander’s tomb?
I don't know. Tell me. Has it been found?
I really wish these people would stop with their clickbait speculation.
When they confirm they found Alexander the Great's Tomb they can post the headline "Alexander the Great's Tomb Has Been Found".
Until then it's all clickbait.
I thought they stuck him under a river or something like that.
Ping?
Alexander was obviously the first victim of the coronavirus!
Persia. How many times did these clowns get beaten? Fun fact was that Alexander was reading the Anabasis which was the greeks march ( or escape) to the sea within Persia and used it as a guide. To movie buffs, the anabasis was the basis of the movie The Warriors after the greeks were trapped ( and backstabbed) by the Persians and hounded daily.
What do Alexander, Vlad, Peter, Jimmy, Merlin and others have in common?
Their middle name is THE
There was a Steve Berry novel about that mystery (The Venetian Betrayal).
First of all, Macedonia was NOT a Greek kingdom. Don’t get me started!
It’s just west of Genghis Khan’s...
Yes, and Ulysses S Grant was found buried in it
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.
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.