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Experts find enormous marble tomb fit for a king under a massive mound in Greece
Archaeologists have uncovered what could be the grave of Alexander the Great at a site near ancient Amphipolis.
The warrior king - who ruled in the 4th century BC - was thought to be buried in Egypt. But experts have now become excited after they uncovered a marble-faced wall dating from the time.
The structure measures an impressive wall measuring 500 metres long and three metres high, which archaeologists believe could contain a royal grave.
The site near ancient Amphipolis lies 370 miles north of Athens.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2401057/Have-archaeologists-discovered-grave-Alexander-Great-Experts-enormous-marble-tomb-fit-king-Greece.html#ixzz2cq0KMtEg
rug
(82,333 posts)How long would it take to get his body to Amphipolis?
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Those damn math problems ALWAYS have a train or bus in them...
But, in this case, we probably have to stick to camels.
Let's see...if a caravan of 20 camels can carry one dead guy an average of 10 miles a day,
how long would it take a procession of a civilization to go 1200 miles with 1,000 camels?
Pencils out, everyone.
rug
(82,333 posts)petronius
(26,580 posts)oneshooter
(8,614 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)If the body is in the tomb, we'll know after it's examined.
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)Which would cause a type of mummification, prevent the horrific stench, and allow the transport of even a fresh corpse for thousands of miles.
rug
(82,333 posts)Bolo Boffin
(23,796 posts)Guess we'll find out eventually.
David Krout
(423 posts)Why him?
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)And a frequent case in "pop" archaeology. Are you old enough to remember "Al Capone's Vault?" Perfect example. And all of the many cases of someone finding an old board in Turkey and screaming "Noah's Ark!" and about a million other similar cases.
I think sometimes it's fools, sometimes it's assholes, and other times well-intentioned archaeologists/anthropologists trying to drum up much needed funding.
struggle4progress
(118,032 posts)Hunting Alexander's Tomb
by Robert S. Bianchi
Alexander the Great, dying at Babylon on the banks of the Euphrates River in June of 323 BC ... wanted his body thrown into the river ... His generals, not respecting the wish, concocted elaborate plans for his burial ... Ptolemy .. diverted the body to Egypt where it was buried in a tomb at Memphis ... Subsequently, in the late fourth or early third century BC ... the body of Alexander was removed from its tomb in Memphis and transported to Alexandria where it was reburied ... Octavian, the future Roman emperor Augustus, ... is said to have viewed the body of Alexander, placing flowers on the tomb and a golden diadem upon Alexander's mummified head ... Ibn Abdel Hakam (A.D. 871), Al-Massoudi (A.D. 944), and Leo the African .. all report having seen the tomb of Alexander, but do not specify its exact location ...
http://archive.archaeology.org/online/features/alexander/tomb.html
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)Would love to see his tomb finally discovered and view what's left of his body. With any luck, Egyptian mummification techniques would be used to preserve some of it.