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My summary: they claim (with evidence) that they found the sacred purple sarapis (tunic) of Alexander the Great, and possibly some of his other things.
by troymc 2y ago
My summary: they claim (with evidence) that they found the sacred purple sarapis (tunic) of Alexander the Great, and possibly some of his other things.
- pluc 2y agoI'll go a bit further and say that they don't claim it's Alexander's tomb, but someone that was buried with Alexander's artifacts (namely, his brother)
- armitron 2y agoThis is correct. Alexander is burried in Alexandria, Egypt. This discovery means that some of his artifacts were inherited by one of his siblings, moved back to Greece and burried with them.
- troymc 2y agoAFAIK, the current location of Alexander's tomb is not known.
- armitron 2y agoThe exact location is not known but there is strong consensus amongst historians that he's burried in Alexandria.
- billbrown 2y agoNot Venice? Heh https://www.thecollector.com/alexander-saint-marks-tomb-venice/ https://www.thecollector.com/alexander-saint-marks-tomb-veni...
- EasyMark 2y agoThat’s the most likely place of his tomb, but we don’t really know for sure, his remains were moved around quite a bit.