Alexander the Great, detail of the Alexander Mosaic from the House of the Faun, Pompeii, c. 100 BCE, Naples National Archaeological MuseumPublic domain · source

Alexander the Great's missing tomb

Alexander the Great conquered one of the largest empires the world had ever seen by 32. Then he died, his empire collapsed, and eventually even his body disappeared.

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Alexander the Great conquered one of the largest empires the world had ever seen by 32.
HE BECAME KING AT 20
THEN HE BASICALLY DIDN'T STOP
THEN AT 32, HE SUDDENLY DIED
HIS GENERALS FOUGHT OVER EVERYTHING
EVEN HIS CORPSE BECAME POLITICAL
AND THEN THE TOMB VANISHED
WHY THE TOMB HUNT NEVER ENDS

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