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Monument Lifted From Alexandria

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 4:20 am
by Theseus
I found this article and it's not directly linked to Alexander, but it is from the magnificent city he founded and I found it very interesting. This happened very recently- Dec 17th.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... =121553687

Re: Monument Lifted From Alexandria

Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:24 pm
by Fingy
Now I'm waiting for divers to find a water tight tomb, where Alexander lies perfectly preserved in his glass sarcophagus, arrayed in his brilliant unblemished Armour, lying on a bed of the lost histories of Cleitarchus, Ptolemy, Aristobolus and Callisthenes. Sigh.....