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    Default Re: Alexadrers Tomb found in Alexandreia from Polish Center of Archaeology

    it doesn't, but it is still cool if it is his tomb (and it must be: it has the inscription clearly written on it--as per the report anyways, and its location matches classical accounts, as well as the earliest Arab ones on the matter--which explicitly stated and still insist that the tomb was in the vicinity of Daniel's Mosque: the Mausoleum is in fact ~60 meters away.)

    the only real question left is this: are the bones in there Alexander's? if so, great (and in fact, this is very likely--perhaps almost certain even). if not, then one of two options exist:

    1-it was destroyed (whether it was moved first or not being irrelevant here).
    2-it was not destroyed, but had to be moved, and is currently safely kept someplace where its location has been lost to time. I've heard (and I don't buy it much), that the mummy in St. Mark's cathedral in Venice is actually Alexander's, and not Mark's.

    which of these two is likely will depend on what happened between ~212 AD (when Caracalla visited his tomb) and the year 641, when the Arabs captured the city.

    I know the options are obvious, but this has to be made clear, since frankly, I've heard even dumber ideas from the "fools of Alexandria". On top of that, if either of the two is correct, then it would help us fill up the gaps between the above-mentioned years, regarding the tomb's history.
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