Tomb of Alexander the Great
The location of the tomb of Alexander the Great is an enduring mystery. The possession of his body became a subject of negotiations between Perdiccas, Ptolemy I Soter, and Seleucus I Nicator. Babylon was the “obvious site” for Alexander’s resting place.
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The location of the tomb of Alexander the Great is an enduring mystery. The possession of his body became a subject of negotiations between Perdiccas, Ptolemy I Soter, and Seleucus I Nicator. Babylon was the “obvious site” for Alexander’s resting place. Some favored interring the ruler in the Argead burial at Aegae, modern Vergina. In 321 BC, on its way back to Macedonia, the funerary cart with Alexander’s body was hijacked in Syria by one of Alexander’s generals. The body, however, was diverted to Egypt where it was interred in Memphis. In the late 4th or early 3rd century BC, during the early P tolemaic dynasty, Alexander’sBody was transferred from Memphis to Alexandria, where itwas reburied. The Tomb of Alexander became the focal point for the PtoLEmaic cult of Alexander.
In 48 BC Alexander’s tomb was visited by Caesar. To finance her war against Octavian, Cleopatra took gold from the tomb. In AD 199 Alexander’s Tomb was sealed up by Septimius Severus during his visit to Alexandria. Later, in 215 some items from Alexander’s tomb were relocated by Caracalla. According to chronicler John of Antioch, caracalla removed Alexander’s tunic, his ring, his belt with some other precious items and deposited them on the coffin. When John Chrysostom visited Alexandria in AD 400, he remarked, “his tomb even his own people know not’”. Later authors, such as Ibn ‘Abakam, Al-Masudi and Leo the African, report seeing Alexander”s tomb as a having seen as a young man.
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