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Slim Chance, But Intriguing Nonetheless
July 13, 2018 at 7:01 pm
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
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RE: Slim Chance, But Intriguing Nonetheless
July 13, 2018 at 7:35 pm
Yeah - they thought the Amphipolis Tomb in Greece was his, too.
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RE: Slim Chance, But Intriguing Nonetheless
July 19, 2018 at 11:09 pm
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.
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RE: Slim Chance, But Intriguing Nonetheless
July 19, 2018 at 11:43 pm
(July 19, 2018 at 11:09 pm)Minimalist Wrote: 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.
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RE: Slim Chance, But Intriguing Nonetheless
July 20, 2018 at 4:47 am
(July 19, 2018 at 7:20 pm)Cathooloo Wrote: (July 13, 2018 at 7:35 pm)Minimalist Wrote: 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.
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