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The Quest for the Tomb of Alexander the Great

Andrew Michael Chugg

2007

First Edition December 2007

Revised May 2012

Dedicated to the Agathos Daimon

Keeper of the Catacombs

CONTENTS

Dramatis Personae & Prologue

Ancient Sources

Modern Sources

Alexander’s Exploits in Life

1. Introduction: Entombment and Apotheosis

2. Death in Babylon

3. Funeral Games

4. The Capital of Memory

5. The Shrine of the Caesars

6. Vanished from History

7. The Mysteries of the Mosques

8. The Astronomer’s Chart

9. Alexander’s City

10. Famous Alexandrian Mummies

11. The Sword in the Stone

12. Exequies

Appendix A: The Journal of Alexander the Great

Introduction