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Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

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The Ghost of Archaeology

Alexander the great died in babylon nobody knows how that's one of the great mysteries. His body became sort of a symbol of rulership and all of his various generals which split his empire apart into multiple pieces wanted to get their hands on the body so i think they mummified it in like honey or something so that it wouldn't deteriorate build this giant um sort of a caravan and a way to transport him back to massadonia macadonia. It was hijacked by one of his generals tolemi because you know whoever has the corpse is in possession is nine tens of the law right. Later roman emperors would come and view it but then it disappears from

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