The mystery of Alexander the Great’s tomb, a question that concerns many thinkers if not humanity as a whole, has fascinated me personally since my school years. In my book: Ioannis Prokopis "Adilos Tafos – The Unmarked Tomb of Alexander the Great" {“Tracing the Tomb of Alexander the Great”}(Kindle Edition, Amazon) , I tried to explore some essential questions, such as:
Did
Alexander himself, before embarking on his campaign, ever reflect on his own
death, and did he express any instructions or wishes regarding his burial?
What
actions did Olympias, his mother, take as soon as the news of her son’s death
became known?
Why are
there no surviving contemporary written accounts about his burial?
When and
why did the traces of his tomb vanish?
Do the
various folk traditions and legends that survive hold any value?
Keeping these questions in mind, along with
historical details, facts, and a multitude of indications many of them
seemingly unrelated I began to wonder whether much of what emerged from my
research were not mere coincidences but rather pieces of the solution to the
enigma. Perhaps the answer was before our eyes all along, and we simply failed
to see it.
The outcome of this line of thought drove me to
write my book, presenting the theory that in 215 AD, the Roman emperor
Caracalla secretly transferred Alexander’s remains to Pieria, where he was
buried according to Macedonian funerary custom. This theory, developed in the
form of a historical novel, draws upon numerous clues, many of which curiously appeared
to be confirmed during my research and cross-references.
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