The Tomb of Alexander the Great

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/EverythingEverywhere - Enter promo code EverythingEverywhere for 83% off and 3 extra months free! By the age of 32, Alexander the Great had conquered most of the world which was known to him. This episode is not about any of that. This is about what happened after his death. After he died, his corpse became a political football, and his tomb became the centerpiece of the city in Egypt which bared his name, and within a century became the largest city on Earth. …and then at some point, his body and his tomb just disappeared from history. Learn more about the corpse and the tomb of Alexander the Great and what might have happened to it, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. -------------------------------- Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/EEDailyPodcast/ Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	By the age of 32, Alexander the Great had conquered most of the world which was known to him.
0:04.2	But this episode isn't about that. This is about what happened after his death.
0:09.2	After he died, his corpse became a political football and his tomb became the centerpiece of the city in Egypt which bears his name and within a century became the largest city on earth.
0:18.0	And then at some point his body and tomb just sort of disappeared from history.
0:23.0	Learn more about the corpse and tomb of Alexander the Great
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