An Ancient Mystery: Where Is Alexander the Great’s Tomb?

An ancient mystery haunts today’s historians; where is Alexander the Great’s tomb? To this day no one has found it. However, the mystery is Alexander’s resting place is an interesting tale interwoven with history and speculation.

Mosaic at Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples depicting Alexander at the Battle of Issus. Alexander forcibly united Greece, conquered the Persian Empire, Egypt, conquered and established the Macedonian colonies in Iran, and overthrew northern India, to name a few of his victories. Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons

King, warrior, uniter, conqueror, these words are often used to describe the man known as Alexander the Great of Macedonia, who at a young age set out to conquer the known world and, before the age of 33, nearly succeeded.

“My son, ask for thyself another kingdom. For that which I leave is too small for thee,” were words spoken to Alexander the Great by his father Phillip II, King of Macedonia, according to “The New Student’s Reference Work Volume I.”

His funeral preparations supposedly lasted two years and were followed by an extensive procession.