Alexandria: Revisit in History

Alexandria, a metropolis, home to about 5 million people. The hunt for the lost tomb begins.

Alexander led an army 12,000 miles and conquered the whole world to become a living god. Treasures, tunnels, and marble statues are just some of the things that are yet to be unearthed.

Alexander the Great is considered the greatest ruler of all time. He took over the throne after his father Phillip Second of Macedon was brutally murdered. In 332 BC, Alexander invaded Egypt successfully to become a pharaoh but at the age of 32, he died at Babylon under mysterious circumstances. Alexander was buried in the capital which was Memphis, but when the capital shifted to Alexandria, they dug him up and shifted him to the center of the City.

After 350 BC, the history of Alexandria went silent. Riots, earthquakes, and other important highlights started to go missing from the pages of books. Alexander's tomb was lost. Since then, there have been over 140 searches for the Tomb of Alexander. Howard Carter, Heinrich Schliemann, and even Napoleon Bonaparte have tried to find the Great Tomb.

Even though the sources of history such as manuscripts, inscriptions, and many other literary sources prove reliable, they were written over 100 years after Alexander's death. So, the manuscript writers also didn't have a clear sense of the location of the Tomb. These manuscripts suggest that Alexander was buried in the enclosure of the royal quarters.

To find Alexander's tomb, we need to find his lost city. Alexandria was Egypt's Mediterranean city, covering at the edge of the Nile delta. To find the lost statues, an excavation of about 20 Million tonnes is required, almost twice the size of the Eiffel Tower.