where is Alexander the Great buried?

Answer 1

his grave has not been found yet. scientist believe that he is buried in Alexandria or in Greece

Answer 2

According to an article called 'Alexander The Great' written by Jacob Abbot, Alexander died in the year 323 BC. He states in the article that he is buried in Alexandria with a monument over it. This monument was there for fifteen hundred years and over time there were no signs of the monument left. He was 32 years old.

However other authorities state that for 700 years his corpse lay entombed in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, which he founded. Yet, by the 4th century AD it had vanished.

Answer 3

Despite scientific progress in research and continuous excavations, the mystery of Alexander the Great's tomb still has not unraveled, and locating the burial of Alexander seems to have become an impossible mission for archaeologists.

More at: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/alexandersearch.htm

Answer 4

Alexander's body was placed in a gold anthropid sarcophagus, which was in turn placed in a second gold casket and covered with a purple robe. Alexander's coffin was placed, together with his armour, in a gold carriage which had a vaulted roof supported by an Ionic peristyle. The decoration of the carriage was very rich and is described in great detail by Diodoros.

According to legend, Alexander was preserved in a clay vessel full of honey (which acts as a preservative) and interred in a glass coffin. According to Aelian (Varia Historia 12.64), Ptolemy stole the body and brought it to Alexandria, where it was on display until Late Antiquity. It was here that Ptolemy IX, one of the last successors of Ptolemy I, replaced Alexander's sarcophagus with a glass one, and melted the original down in order to strike emergency gold issues of his coinage. The citizens of Alexandria were outraged at this and soon after Ptolemy IX was killed. Its current whereabouts are unknown.

The so-called "Alexander Sarcophagus," discovered near Sidon and now in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum, is now generally thought to be that of Abdylonymus, whom Hephaestion appointed as the king of Sidon by Alexander's order. The sarcophagus depicts Alexander and his companions hunting and in battle with the Persians.

Answer 5

It is the tradition of the Greeks and Macedonians to be cremated on funeral pyres, but this was not the case with Alexander. He was embalmed by the Egyptian priests, who he had with him in Persia. It was planed to have him taken to his homeland in Macedonia and cremated, but Ptolemy took the body to Alexander's city of Alexandria (one of many Alexandrias Alexander founded.) This was on display until the fall of the Roman Empire, where upon it was lost.

Answer 6

At sea near the shores of Alexandria

Answer 7

In Alexandria, Egypt, although the exact location of the tomb has been lost to us

Answer 8

Alexandria, Egypt :) I believe. im not sure but I think that his remains were plundered (stolen) and noone knows where his true remains are but I may be thinking of someone else not sure. But I am 99.9% positive he was buried in his extremelyproductive and sucessful city of Alexandria, Egypt. Good luck!

Answer 9

I don't know where he is buried, but I know that he died in Babylon, ancient Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq).

Answer 10

after alexander died his general ptolomey stole his body and took it to egypt to add to his credibility as heir. it was later lost or destroyed.