Slim Chance, But Intriguing Nonetheless

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I'm not about to get my knickers in a twist over this, but - if it pans out - it'll be the biggest thing since Heinrich Schliemann figured out where to dig:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world...43791.html

Boru

[Minimalist]

Yeah - they thought the Amphipolis Tomb in Greece was his, too.  

The Egyptians need all the help they can get with their tourism industry.

[Minimalist]

And so it goes.....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-44893804

Egypt sarcophagus: Mystery black tomb opened in Alexandria

Instead, it revealed three skeletons and red-brown sewage water, which gave off an unbearable stench.
Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities had appointed a committee of archaeologists to open the relic, which was unearthed at a construction site.
According to Egyptian news outlet El-Watan, they initially lifted the lid of the tomb by just 5cm (2 inches) before the pungent odour forced them from the inspection scene entirely. They later prised it open with help from Egyptian military engineers.
"We found the bones of three people, in what looks like a family burial... Unfortunately the mummies inside were not in the best condition and only the bones remain," said Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

So Alex remains lost.

[Jackalope]

Yeah - they thought the Amphipolis Tomb in Greece was his, too.  

The problem - apparently - is that no one seems to have the first fucking clue where the man is buried.

[Minimalist]

Alexandria has been hammered by earthquakes and tsunamis as a result of quakes elsewhere.  What was probably the original harbor and palace was destroyed and archaeologists are picking up pieces off the harbor bottom.  Were I going to build a fancy tomb to a demi-god I would have put it near the palace so it was probably destroyed.

[The Valkyrie]

Alexandria has been hammered by earthquakes and tsunamis as a result of quakes elsewhere.  What was probably the original harbor and palace was destroyed and archaeologists are picking up pieces off the harbor bottom.  Were I going to build a fancy tomb to a demi-god I would have put it near the palace so it was probably destroyed.

This.

If Alexander’s tomb was in Alexandria, as seems likely after Ptolemy hijacked the body (if the accounts are accurate), then the body, if not the tomb, will have been destroyed or thoroughly looted long ago.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Yeah - they thought the Amphipolis Tomb in Greece was his, too.  

The problem - apparently - is that no one seems to have the first fucking clue where the man is buried.

Well, it isn't in my shed, I can promise you that.  Seriously, it isn't so there's no need to get the cops involved.

Boru