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Just looking at the closing comments of Michael Wood in his book.
on Cyrus' Tomb; we saw the sacred tree of Cham and the holy flame of Bahram Atesh before which Darius himself had prayed; we held in our hands the lost books of Galen and Theophrastus and knelt before the mummy of Spitamenes; we heard the singing of the Avesta and in Pakistan met the last descendents of the Macedonian army by a clump of violets under the sacred peak of Tirich Mir.
I was under the impression that Spitamenes' head was presented to Alexander so I was just curious how Mr Wood says that he knelt before the mummy of Spitamenes.
Earlier in the book, Michael Wood describes a trip to a lake in Tajikistan, while searching for the Sogdian Rock. He was taken to a cave near the lake which contained an ancient mummified body, and which the locals claimed was Spitamenes. I assume he's refering to that.
If you've got the same copy as me, flip through the book until you see a full page photo of a lake with mountains behind. That's where he mentions it.
Thanks Derek- yes you are absolutely right! There is the photo of the mountain- where supposedly nearby is the cave. It is a pity there isn't a photo of the cave itself.
