Alexander was born in Pella ... overlord of Asia Minor and pharaoh of Egypt became 'great king' of Persia at the age of 25. Over the next eight years, in his capacity as king, commander ...

"Having Alexander buried there would have been the icing on the cake" for the nascent city. A few decades later, accounts by ...

It] belonged to Pharaoh and King Alexander the Great and as such it was the most precious object in antiquity.' The tunic was found in 'Tomb II', one of three tombs uncovered by archeologists at ...

A few decades later, accounts by Greek geographer Strabo suggest Ptolemy IV Philopator, the fourth pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt and the great-grandson of Ptolemy I, moved Alexander's body to its ...

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