Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great was a great leader of Greece. He had conquered most of the known world, during his life.

In Map of Bones, he was a person of mystery. He was a man of many contradictions. Prone to drunken rages, but thoughtful in his strategy. He dabbled with homosexuality, but married both a Persian dancer and the daughter of a Persian king, this last in an attempt to unite Persia and Greece. But back to his parentage. It was well known that his mother and father hated each other. Some historians believe Olympias may have had a hand in assassinating King Philip. And what’s interesting is that one writer, Pseudo-Callisthenes, claimed Alexander was not the son of Philip, but instead was the son of an Egyptian magician to the court, named Nectanebo.

Mythology
He was claimed to be the son of an Egyptian magician to the court named Nectanebo.

Tomb
He was buried in Alexandria.The tomb was supposedly a massive sarcophagus made of gold. But in other references, including the major historian of the time, Strabo, the tomb is described as being made of glass.

Septimus Severus closed the tomb off from visitors for viewing. He also put in a lot of books.