Where is Alexander's tomb most likely located?

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Where is Alexander's tomb most likely located?

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I believe is his tomb is most likely underneath a mosque in Alexandria (or something of the sort that would make getting permission to excavate from authorities difficult), or has been lost to history due to the various natural disasters that Alexandria has experienced in the two millennia since he passed. I'm also intrigued by the theory that his body, rather than St. Mark's, was taken to Venice from Alexandria by smugglers in what would be the greatest case of mistaken identity ever if true. The theory is based on the fact that history suddenly stops recording anything about Alexander's tomb around the same time St. Mark's remains, which were located very closely to Alexander's, suddenly becomes a topic of interest, which was in the 4th century. According to this theory, Alexander's corpse was disguised in a Christian manner to protect it from being a target of the massive Christian uprisings at the time.
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