Alexander's tomb : the two thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror
- Title
- Alexander's tomb : the two thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror / Nicholas J. Saunders.
- Published by
- New York : Basic Books, c2006.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 290 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Alternative title
- Two thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror
- Subject
- Contents
- 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 ancient walls -- Politics of the dead -- The eternal quest -- Afterlife.
- Call number
- JFE 07-6752
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-280) and index.
- Author
- Saunders, Nicholas J.
- Title
- Alexander's tomb : the two thousand year obsession to find the lost conqueror / Nicholas J. Saunders.
- Imprint
- New York : Basic Books, c2006.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-280) and index.
- Connect to:
- LCCN
- 2006000973
- ISBN
- 046507202X (alk. paper)
- 9780465072026 (alk. paper)
- Research call number
- JFE 07-6752