Alexander's tomb the two thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror
Saunders, Nicholas J
Alexander's tomb the two thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror Two thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror Nicholas J. Saunders - pages . cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction: ghosts in ruins -- The cloak of immortality -- Death and dying in Babylon -- Stealing the body and the Memphis tomb -- Who moved Alexander's corpse? -- The Alexandrian mausoleum -- Ancient visitors -- The tomb disappears -- The two-horned lord and medieval whispers -- Napoleon, Nelson and Alexander's ghost -- Archaeologists, maps and tombs -- Alabaster, fantasy, and tombs -- Politics of the dead -- The eternal quest -- Afterlife
046507202X (alk. paper) 9780465072026 (alk. paper) 65.00EG. P
Alexander the Great 356-323 B.C --Death and burial
Alexander the Great 356-323 B.C --Tomb
938.07
Alexander's tomb the two thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror Two thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror Nicholas J. Saunders - pages . cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction: ghosts in ruins -- The cloak of immortality -- Death and dying in Babylon -- Stealing the body and the Memphis tomb -- Who moved Alexander's corpse? -- The Alexandrian mausoleum -- Ancient visitors -- The tomb disappears -- The two-horned lord and medieval whispers -- Napoleon, Nelson and Alexander's ghost -- Archaeologists, maps and tombs -- Alabaster, fantasy, and tombs -- Politics of the dead -- The eternal quest -- Afterlife
046507202X (alk. paper) 9780465072026 (alk. paper) 65.00EG. P
Alexander the Great 356-323 B.C --Death and burial
Alexander the Great 356-323 B.C --Tomb
938.07