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The tomb of Alexander the Great is attested in several historical accounts, but its current exact location remains an enduring mystery. Following Alexander's death in Babylon , his body was initially buried in Memphis by one of his generals, Ptolemy I Soter , before being transferred to Alexandria , where it was reburied. [ 1 ]
English: Gold stater of Alexander the Great (17mm, 8.59 g, 3h). Memphis mint, circa 336-323 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin, and necklace / AΛEΞANΔP-OY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; kerykeion below right wing.
According to legend, Alexander went on pilgrimage to the Siwa Oasis, the sanctuary of the Greco-Egyptian deity Zeus Ammon in 331 BC. There, he was pronounced by the Oracle to be the son of Zeus Ammon, [2] allowing him to therefore have the Horns of Ammon, which themselves followed from Egyptian iconography of Ammon as a ram-headed god or, in his Greek-form, a man with ram horns. [3]
Alexander the Great in legend (2 C, 43 P) Pages in category "Cultural depictions of Alexander the Great" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total.
Alexander the Great Taming Bucephalus is an 1826 history painting by the British artist Benjamin Robert Haydon. [1] [2] It depicts a scene from ancient history when Alexander the Great tamed his famous warhorse Bucephalus. On the right of the picture are Alexander's father Philip II of Macedon and mother Olympias.
Philostratus the Elder in the Life of Apollonius of Tyana writes that in the army of Porus, there was an elephant who fought bravely against Alexander's army, and Alexander dedicated it to the Helios (Sun) and named it Ajax because he thought that such a great animal deserved a great name. The elephant had gold rings around its tusks and an ...