Showing Alexander's Tomb: The Two-Thousand Year Obsession to Find the Lost Conquerer by Nicholas J. Saunders

Paperback. Pub Date: 2007 Pages: 320 Publisher: Basic Books Combining Cinematic drama and a sprawling historical narrative. This gripping history is the first book to document the Search for the the tomb = from the cradle to the grave womb of Alexander the Great Alexander the Great is A towering figure in world history - his military genius and flamboyant personality have perhaps never been surpassed. But despite our long-held fascination with him. we have no idea where he is buried. The search for Alexander's tomb began soon after his untimely death in 323 BC and continues even today. The epic pursuit of the tomb spans continents and centuries. and involves some of history's most iconic figures. This is the story not of a ief and spectacular life. but of a momentous and unexplained death. multiple burials. and the seemingly never-ending quest for a man-god's final resting p...