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Tantalus wrote: "...it is also backed up by accounts attributed to an Assyrian king"

OK, wait a minute. I'm not sure why he says "Assyrian king". Any Assyrian king would have lived and died long before Alexander came along. Isn't that right? Or am I missing something?

Sorry Marcus, in my haste I did not see that you had already posted this. :) Yes, I thought the taking of Ecbatana was rather quick. But I will have to check. But I would like to read these accounts that were mentioned: "...it is also backed up by accounts attributed to an Assyrian king" B...

I saw this on rogueclassicism. Hegmataneh is Ecbatana. Alexander at Hegmataneh I don't know what to make of this but I thought it interesting enough to post. But besides not being mentioned in any sources, which of course doesn't necessarily mean anything, a problem I see with this story is that I d...

Interesting posts here, but one of the things that struck me interesting when I read the Persian story about Alexander were all the prophecies made to Alexander that he would die, and that he seemingly knew it. Again, at this moment, I am forgetting the title and author of the book.... Maybe this i...

I too am among Saunders’ victims. So am I. I bought the book! I bought it a couple weeks ago. When it arrived I was somewhat disappointed. A quick look through gave me the impression that this was "Alexander's Tomb Lite " And especially so when compared to Andrew's definitive "The Lo...

If you do find out where they can be bought please post it. Thanks Andrew!

Taphoi wrote:I will be presenting a paper entitled GÇ£Famous Alexandrian Mummies:
The Adventures in Death of Alexander the Great and Saint Mark the EvangelistGÇ¥

I would really love to read it. Any chance you will be posting it on your website?

Karen, although this may not help you visualize how the Library looked, I thought some might like to read this. Go to this page: http://www.aps-pub.com/proceedings/1464/0600toc.htm and download the pdf "Alexandria, Library of Dreams" . I found it interesting but I will leave it to those wh...