What happened to Alexander's tomb?

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In our previous historical animated documentary on the Tomb of Alexander the Great (bit.ly/2PsXjGa) we discussed why the body and the resting place of the great conqueror were so important. Not only did it spark the war between his Successors - the Diadochi (bit.ly/2BoFtRD) - but the body also played a pivotal role in the rise of Ptolemy and his dynasty in Egypt. In the second part of this documentary, we will talk about the fall of the Ptolemies (bit.ly/2o0xocx), how the Roman emperors treated the tomb of Alexander as well as what happened to the tale of Alexander's corpse during the Christian, Muslim, Ottoman and Napoleonic rule of Alexandria. Finally we will highlight the great mystery and theories that surround the body and tomb of Alexander to this day.
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Sources:
Chugg, A. M. (2004), The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great, London.
Erskine, A. (2002), ‘Life after Death: Alexandria and the Body of Alexander,’ Greece and Rome 49 (2), 163-179.
Saunders, N. J. (2006), Alexander’s Tomb, New York.
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[@KingsandGenerals]

A new t-shirt design with Alexander for this occasion: bit.ly/2nZDBVV Also, check out the video our friend Epic History TV made on the famous speech of Alexander at Opis: bit.ly/2Pt2KF4

[@ladydruyear]

Great looking t-shirts but why no V-neck shirts?

[@christermi]

I have already seen the video of epic history and that was the reason I subscribed to him. Also I found your video incredibly entertaining and I can easily say that I love the video . :-) Are more videos on ancient Greek history coming ?

[@Cancoillotteman]

Hi there ! I'd just like to point out a minor mistake : in 1798 Napoleon was no Emperor he was just still a general. He'd be crowned in 1804 ;) (great video by the way)

[@historyisgreat62]

Have you heard of the Artillery only challenge? If so, since you probably know hoi4 you should try it.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Well, no one knows the release date. :-)

[@HxH2011DRA]

"I came to see a king not a bunch of corpses" *GODDAMN* Unironically top 10 historical burns

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep, action one-liners.

[@TboneI989]

I get a kick out of recorded examples of Roman arrogance. It’s very entertaining for some reason. I wouldn’t tolerate it from anyone else.

[@Mr3344555]

Diagenes would've replied 'in death they're just corpses, what does that make you upon your death, Emperor?'

[@all-timealien4483]

Mr3344555 how do you know that’s what he would have replied? Did you just imagine that’s what he would say?

[@TboneI989]

NEVIN The meeting was probably recorded and written about since.

[@alexanderthegreat445]

Man, this Alexander must be really important.

[@KingsandGenerals]

He kinda was. :-)

[@bagiee1]

You should know better.

[@michaelball93]

Why don't you tell us where you are?

[@alexanderthegreat445]

Michael Ball I’ve got to hide, I dont want to get taken away again with all that rocking and stuff.

[@osvaldocuriel3229]

Yeah, he was pretty great

[@tppcrpg6311]

"I came to see a king not a bunch of corpses" Damm respect

[@KingsandGenerals]

Well, don't forget that he just toppled the Ptolemies, so he needed to diss them. :-)

[@Dornan77802]

Kings and Generals Plus, it doesn’t help that Cleopatra basically insulted him by trying to claim her son as a true heir to Caesar and seduced Antony to her cause. It wouldn’t surprise me if he took the opportunity to tear away at her family’s legacy and reputation in turn because there was none left to fight him on it.

[@36547]

@Nordic Tyr smart strategy though. Get the country on ur side and hyped. Also defeat an army

[@circleancopan7748]

What if Cesarion was really Caesar's son? Well, they did it plenty of times during his stay in Alexandria and his Nile River pleasure trip. Heck, also doing it on their meeting, just to curry favor. Mark Anthony also had children with her, that is also true.

[@Krahovnir]

I hate to think that his body was found and was simply judged to be a mummified nobody and discarded.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yeah, that is a possibility.

[@chuckschillingvideos]

@@KingsandGenerals I'd say it's not just a possibility but highly probable. Why would the Christians have taken any steps to preserve his remains?

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

Dutchland - in the grand scheme of things, embalmed or not, we are all mummified nobodies.

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

chuckschilling - Crypto-pagans masquerading as Christians to save their skins?...

[@zheyuezhao456]

@@chuckschillingvideos because Alexander is many things, in addition to being a pagan

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Jeez. The body of Alexander has seen more destruction than that in Alexander’s conquests.

[@michaelmoore4043]

Good one

[@freakystyle1996]

Well, in 2340 years there have been quite a lot of wars

[@LordGabriel427]

@@michaelmoore4043 This was great lol

[@michaelmoore4043]

@@LordGabriel427 😂

[@NorceCodine]

Exactly. By the end of the Roman times it was probably so mangled that it was indistinguishable from a skeletal corpse. Most likely at the end people also started stealing the bones as relics or just souvenirs.

[@Marshal_Rock]

Can you imagine venetians worshiping Alexander instead of St. Mark? That would kind of hilarious.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep, the irony...

[@superpoopertrooper9884]

@@KingsandGenerals Why the irony? Because he was pagan?

[@Marshal_Rock]

Kings and Generals legend says that sailor merchants stole the remains (saved them in the venetian version) from Alexandria by putting pork over the remains so that muslim officials would not touch further. Later, on their way back to Venice a storm struck them and they used the remains and stuck them in the mast ending with the storm. And happily returning and putting them safe in their actual location.

[@Marshal_Rock]

slapnut1207 oh yeah, I think it's my bad, wrong choice of words, I first thought of 'worship' because in Spanish it is the closest I could remember to refer to Saints' acts after Jesus' death, my apologies.

[@selmen9240]

@@marcisorena9358 Do Christians worship Jesus?

[@degenerate3288]

Napoleon finds everything while he's in Egypt

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yeah, surprisingly, it was one of the fruitless military campaigns, that enriched the science.

[@NapoleonCalland]

Fruitless? The French held on to Egypt until 1801, and the campaign utlimately led to Egypt emerging as a State. Napoleon's sending a team of surveyors on one of several public works programmes also directly inspired Ferdinand De Lesseps, whose Suez Canal was carried out and completed thanks to Napoleon III throughout the project, Saïd Pacha at its outset, and inaugurated by Empress Eugénie in 1869. -> www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/articles/the-digging-of-the-suez-isthmus/ As for scienceS (plural), we are of course, in agreement -> DESCRIPTION DE L’ÉGYPTE (Presentation in French, English and Arabic) 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 kzbin.info/aero/PL9E47419E605E111E 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@ojutay8375]

Dimes On His Eyes fun fact: watermelons are berries

[@user-fh7iu6qt7f]

Kings and Generals You made a blatant mistake in your video - Napoleon Bonaparte wasn’t the Emperor of France during his Egyptian campaign.

[@Joni-nz6xu]

David Chicoine i know of a homeless God-man some 2000 years ago who in just 3 years and only 12 disciples rose from the dead fulfilling prophecies centuries before him and changing and still changing the world today..

[@marvelfannumber1]

I really like these videos. The usual military history is great of course, but it is a tad bit oversaturated in the KZbin history scene, so it's nice to see some different types of history being presented here too. I did notice one mistake though, the Roman Empire was not divided in 330, the main thing that happened that year was that the capital of the united Roman Empire was moved from Mediolanum to Constantinople. Constantine was at the time the sole Emperor.

[@moviejose3249]

Great presentations by Kings and Generals one can never be oversaturated by quality content.

[@becoming999]

yep correct notice

[@tr1stan007]

Fun Fact: Rome vs Alexander: who would win? The question of who would have emerged victorious if Alexander the Great had headed west rather than east and faced the Romans in battle is one that fascinated Roman scholarly thinking for centuries (Livy even engages in this alternative history in book 9, section 19 of his histories that you can access on Perseus). Indeed, when Pyrrhus, king of the Molossian tribe in Epirus, arrived in southern Italy in 281 BC and began his epic war against Rome, later Roman sources (including the Greek Plutarch who was writing during the Roman Imperial Period) would depict Pyrrhus (quite rightly) as an 'Alexander imitatio' - a second coming Alexander and the man who, out of all the Hellenistic warlords that followed Alexander, most closely resembled the conqueror both in regards to his charisma and military ability. This was why the Pyrrhic War became so important to the Romans - in their eyes it was the closest they ever came to fighting Alexander the Great himself in battle. Who do you think would have won if Alexander had faced the Romans in battle? I'm sure this goes without saying but I want to thank Ilkin, Nurlan, Cogito, Devin and Malay Archer. Without these guys, videos such as this and the epic siege of Rhodes would not have been possible. Also want to make a quick note that the Roman Empire at 330 was not divided as Constantine had re-unified it - made a small error there! It was later divided again at the death of Theodosius. T

[@vardansimonyan966]

Great insight. I think Alex would win, cuz Phyrus himself was very close to defeating Romas.

[@R8V10]

If Alexander would personally lead cavalry charges against the enemy he would probably get killed. Plus the Romans would outnumber him in men alone.

[@soundgfx7166]

Alexander would win battle after battle I guess but I don't think rome would be crushed by a decisive battle or two. Hannibal did a number on rome, three times to be exact lmao and rome did not crumble, thanks to its never ending stream of manpower.

[@IkBenDigio]

Some people seem to forgot that at the Time the Macedonian army was so much bigger as the Roman. Maybe it later years when Rome rose into power that could challenge Alexander.

[@Hostility1812]

Good question. Ima think about it all day now.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

More fascinating than Ancient Aliens

[@KingsandGenerals]

Reality often is. :-)

[@CogitoEdu]

Alexander was from Venus and used particle beams to beat the Persians. This is confirmed.

[@ErnestJay88]

"Alexander body is kidnap by A L I E N S !" [Giorgio A Tsukaolos]

[@KhanMann66]

Oh how low History Channel has fallen.

[@ingtelcuy5462]

In the past,History channel is about Egypt,Gothic and Rome.Now it was Shitty channel

[@gabrieltheredlion6613]

Alexander will always remain the most badass General-King that ever existed imo.

[@KingsandGenerals]

I tend to agree. Spectacular mix of a tactician, strategist and warrior.

[@quiasnoorzad]

Wulfhart Ice-Bear you forgot about this one particular fella that goes by the name “Genghis Khan”

[@helicongremory8480]

But Genghis Khan isn't remembered to have charged into the melee at the head of his cavalry several times.

[@gabrieltheredlion6613]

Flyboy_510 Genghis Khan is the only one that can come close to Alexander imo, and even tho I think he was a great general as well, Alexander is above him by far. Alexander was very young when he started his campaing. He always fought in the front line with his troops. Alexander's army is technologically superior compared to Genghis even tho Alexander lived like 1500 years before Genghis. Alexander was in fact the first conqueror to ever build and Empire, a real Empire, and one of the strongest I might add. As Kings and Generals said, he was a amazing mix of tactician, strategist and warrior.

[@quiasnoorzad]

Wulfhart Ice-Bear yes but don’t underestimate genghis khan, genghis khan had a much larger empire then Alexander ever did. Thanks to genghis khan we have the paper currency. Genghis khan always kept revolving his army just like Alexander did. There’s a lot more to Genghis look him up.

[@FreedomFighter08]

Interesting fact: Alexander payed his respects to Cyrus the Great's tomb: "Alexander the Great rode into the city of Pasargadae with his most elite cavalry in their bronze, muscle-sculpted body armor, carrying long spears. Some of his infantry and archers followed. The small city, in what is today Iran, was lush and green. Alexander had recently conquered India. Greece, Macedonia, Asia Minor and parts of Egypt were all part of his new empire. The people of Pasargadae likely expected the worst-when the world’s most dangerous cavalry shows up on your street, you are probably going to have a bad day. But he hadn’t come to fight (the city was already his). The world’s most powerful ruler had come to pay tribute to someone else. The young conqueror was looking for a tomb containing the remains of Cyrus the Great. But it had recently been ransacked (probably for political reasons). Alexander the Great was furious. An investigation was launched, trials were held. Alexander ordered the tomb’s contents replaced and restored. According to one Greek historian, this included “a great divan with feet of hammered gold, spread with covers of some thick, brightly colored material, with a Babylonian rug on top. Tunics and a Median jacket of Babylonian workmanship were laid out on the divan, and Median trousers, various robes dyed in amethyst, purple, and many other colors, necklaces, scimitars, and inlaid earrings of gold and precious stones. A table stood by it, and in the middle of it lay the coffin which held Cyrus’s body." For more info: www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-german-archaeologist-rediscovered-tomb-cyrus-180958142/

[@hinduhistory1407]

FreedomFighter08 Fun Fact for you Alexander lost and ran from India..He NEVER conquered India..may be he did that in one of his Fanboy's dream but not in reality...Alexander and his Men were butchered...Alexander then retreated & Died at Babylonia..Indians are not Persians..and Alexander wasnt Invincible...one more thing here Selucus Nicator was defeated by Samudra Gupta and He gave his daughter Helen in marriage to Samudra Gupta after sound thrashing..never forget that.. and Greeks dont have anything to brag about other than Alexander...coz after him Greek history is full of greek defeats by Romans,Byzantines and Ottoman turks..Greeks were slaves of others for CENTURIES..

[@hinduhistory1407]

panos katrinakhs Brother, The problem is that its Greeks who claim to have won in India...so the source should be provided by those who claim something..what are the sources which claim Alexander's victory over Indians...I wanna know...I want to clear my confusion.. Secondly Robin Lane Fox, a world renowned Alexander's Biographer never mentioned any war with Indians..He says in his book Seige of Aronos is the climactic battle of Alexander...now if you do wiki search on Alexander's seige of Aronos then you will know what I am talking about

[@hinduhistory1407]

panos katrinakhs Aronos region is not even in India...Robin Lane Fox was hired for making Alexander movie which Greeks love so much.. Search About Tribes that settled in modern day Greece you will find tribes Called as Yonani, Dorians, Cretans, Dardanians etc.. Modern day "Greeks" are mixture of those tribes...Persian inscriptions use the word YONA for greeks..Now let me surprise you...Yona(Yonani) tribe actually used to live around modern day east afghanistan region...and many of these Yonani ppl migrated to modern day costal Turkey region and from there they migrated to Modern Greece..Yes that makes ancient Afghanistanis ancestors of Greeks...wannna debate..

[@hinduhistory1407]

panos katrinakhs Another thing me just saying that Greeks were slaves for Centuries is not Racist thing to say..Ottoman Turks directly ruled almost all over modern day Greece..and yeah they also enforced Jizya on you..Greece,Serbia,Bulgaria, Romania etc were vassals of Ottoman turks for centuries..saying that is not racist..but claiming in your baised movies that Greeks won anything in India is absurd and false bravery..the whole Alexander's invasion of India seems to have been invented out of thin air..

[@DaPikaGTM]

Here are sources that Wikipedia uses in their article on the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great, Cophen Campaign, Aornos, Battle of the Hydaspes and Malian Campaign: Arrian (1976) [140s AD]. The Campaigns of Alexander. trans. Aubrey de Sélincourt. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-044253-7. Green, Peter (1992). Alexander of Macedon: 356-323 B.C. A Historical Biography. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-07166-2. Kosmin, Paul J. (2014), The Land of the Elephant Kings: Space, Territory, and Ideology in Seleucid Empire, Harvard University Press, ISBN 978-0-674-72882-0 Lane Fox, Robin (1973). Alexander the Great. Allen Lane. ISBN 0-86007-707-1. Lane Fox, Robin (1980). The Search for Alexander. Little Brown & Co. Boston. ISBN 0-316-29108-0. Mookerji, Radha Kumud (1988) [first published in 1966], Chandragupta Maurya and his times (4th ed.), Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 81-208-0433-3 Plutarch (2004). Life of Alexander. Modern Library. ISBN 0-8129-7133-7. Renault, Mary (1979). The Nature of Alexander. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-394-73825-X. Wilcken, Ulrich (1997) [1932]. Alexander the Great. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-00381-7. Worthington, Ian (2003). Alexander the Great. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-29187-9. Worthington, Ian (2004). Alexander the Great: Man And God. Pearson. ISBN 978-1-4058-0162-1. Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta, ed. (1988) [1967], Age of the Nandas and Mauryas (Second ed.), Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 81-208-0465-1 Delbrück, Hans (1990). Warfare in Antiquity: History of the Art of War. Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. p. 604. ISBN 978-0-8032-9199-7. Fuller, J. F. C. (1958). The Generalship of Alexander The Great. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, Ltd. Dodge, Theodore (1890). Alexander. Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books. p. 681. ISBN 978-1-85367-179-1. Smith, Vincent (1914). The Early History of India. England: University of Oxford. Arrian. "Annabasis Alexandri". Retrieved 20 November 2011. Arrian, Anabasis IV chapters 28.1-30.4 (in French) Stein, Sir Aurel (1929). On Alexander's Track to the Indus. Bhavan Books & Prints. Brice, Lee L., ed. (2012). Greek Warfare: From the Battle of Marathon to the Conquests of Alexander the Great. ABC-CLIO. Rogers, Guy (2004). Alexander: The Ambiguity of Greatness. New York: Random House. Roy, Kaushik (2004-01-01). India's Historic Battles: From Alexander the Great to Kargil. Orient Blackswan. ISBN 9788178241098. Diodorus Siculus (90-30 BC). Bibliotheca Historica. Quintus Curtius Rufus (60-70 AD). Historiae Alexandri Magni. Metz Epitome. Benjamin Wheeler (1900). Alexander the Great. New York: G.B. Putnam & Sons. OCLC 458978001. 1. If Robin Lane Fox never mentioned any war in India then why is he listed in these sources? 2. It's Aornos, not Aronos. 3. We do not know where Aornos was exactly though the two main are just over the border in Pakistan, those being Pir Sar and Elum Ghar, the latter of which is an important Hindu site. 4. You do know that Ancient Indians also lived in the river valleys of the Indus that are now Pakistan? 5. I can't find any reference to the Yonani in Greece, hell I can't find any reference of a people called the Yonani. 6. The only biased person here is you as you literally have the name 'Hindu History' which shows you are proud about your heritage, which in itself isn't necessarily a bad thing as I am a proud Scotsman, however you seem to go to the extent of denying evidence to fit your narrative, which in itself is a bad thing.

[@crmesson22k]

At Cadiz Caesar saw a statue of Alexander the Great in the Temple of Hercules, and was overheard to sigh impatiently (it is said he that he cried): vexed, it seems, that at an age when Alexander had already conquered the whole world, he himself had done nothing in the least epoch-making.

[@SoulEternalPeaceWarrior77]

They need to make another proper film for Caesar, with Latin being spoken. If anyone would direct it, it'd be Mel Gibson. He's amazing at capturing the time period and styles of his movies.

[@shreyasp5934]

@@SoulEternalPeaceWarrior77 lol anybody but mel Gibson should direct it he'll just over romanticize Caesar

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

@@shreyasp5934 Caesar was an enigmatic man of contradictions & contrasts- but I think that with 'We were Soldiers' & 'Hacksaw Ridge' under his belt in recent years- he _could_ tackle a Caesar biopic with a bit more nuance than what Hollow-Wood is currently capable of churning out...

[@VoidViper]

"I came to see a king, not a bunch of corpses"

[@KingsandGenerals]

Burn. :-)

[@christiancristof491]

My italic boy Augustus dropping bombs. 💣💥

[@nekotamo5154]

It is an exciting thought that even now, almost two and a half millennia after his death, the final chapter in Alexander's epic life has not yet been written and won't be until we find his body.

[@KingsandGenerals]

That is a good perspective!

[@bagiee1]

We know that the Tomb is in Siwa Egypt. Now we just can hope to open the last chamber soon enough and find his body, before the whole room submerges in the underground waters, which rise by time.

[@marwenklai8458]

@@bagiee1 well 3 years after your comment i belive its in siwa and we are close enough to find his tomb or remains and put a closure to his lost tomb.

[@bagiee1]

@@marwenklai8458 Why you say that?... you know anything new about any excavations? The excavations have stopped there, from what i know.

[@marwenklai8458]

@@bagiee1 no excavations have never stopped ,egyptolgists are looking for it , anyway there is an official source in the anitquity ministry in egypt that they found a temple in siwa Oasis dates back to greek roman Era, this is the current leaks until full report is made of the discovery and we will know for sure soon

[@milanTHErocker]

I'm officially obsessed with Alexander.

[@4pplypr3ssure]

Gay

[@christiancristof491]

Same. It's a loop.

[@rameezhalani5593]

Same

[@alfredoomonroy7923]

same bro

[@anhilatorofignorance2584]

(Gengis Khan) Chingis Khan Is more better than Alexander And both were Polytheists

[@450b]

Didn't they find the tomb of Philip II in Greece a while back? They could probably compare the DNA from bones in that tomb to any future finds (or the body in Venice) .

[@jamestang1227]

Zdenic Shepherdess Gods don't exist so I don't think Alexander is the son of Zeus.

[@christiancristof491]

@Zdenic Shepherdess Are you serious?

[@thhseeking]

If "St Mark" is so venerated, I doubt that they'd allow a DNA test that might shatter their illusion. Shame.

[@christianvazquez3219]

Yes they did...they found it in the 70s it's confirmed.

[@aGr3atD4y]

@@christianvazquez3219 Damn, really?! DO you know where it is located and where i can read more about it?

[@lecterulyanov3853]

I love this narrator's voice

[@georgeofazgad2176]

Lecter Ulyanov search for officially devin. He has his own youtube channel and makes total war videoa

[@KrzychuGamingPL]

And some other videos!

[@Chocolatnave123]

I don't. He sounds like a 14 year old history nerd.

[@gregtoolson1606]

He sounds like the British comedian David Mitchell.

[@StefanMilo]

More twists and turns than a soap opera! Great video!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you, sir!

[@astrid2885]

Didn't you know that soap operas are inspired by real life events? Maybe we should watch more of them... :P

[@Kees247]

Thank you for this episode. A lot of men love the tale of the great conqueror so long ago. His life was unique and now we know even his body had a lingering effect of power.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching!

[@TheBuddahLoc]

They will NEVER find his body, nor his tomb. So its best to just let him go. RIP Alexander III, where ever you are.

[@atheistcrusader1160]

:(

[@ajaxamsterdamdeusvult]

❤️🙏

[@V-q8is]

I actually feel like his life is kinda tragic, so I'd like to think that he's finally at peace. May he rest in peace.

[@secretscipio]

Imagine the shock if it is discovered that alleged St Mark is actually Alexander the Great.

[@MarfSantangelo]

That would be the religious plot twist of the century, as it would mean many generations of Christians went to Venice to pay their respects to him, unwittingly acting much like the pagan pilgrims to Alexandria.

[@ColasTeam]

Do we have any idea of what Alexanders DNA would be like tho?

[@tobywallis1412]

ColasTeam I imagine there’s a tomb for the royal family of Macedonia somewhere. Or if not, a DNA test should at least reveal if the ethnicity is Hellenic at least. Also, a carbon test should determine roughly the age of the body. I’m not an expert so I’m probably wrong somewhere.

[@UpcycleElectronics]

I'd bet there is written proof of a lot of things like this in the Vatican library. If that archive were made public it would change the worldview on much of this era in history.

[@secretscipio]

Archaeologist can try to radiocarbon date his mummy or even better do a DNA test.

[@captinobvious4705]

Love the Greek pottery art style.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks, we enjoyed creating using this style!

[@luckylucky-im5rf]

Ha, ha, ha... Greek??? Good joke!

[@alexandrosandreaskanavos4752]

lucky lucky Yeah GREEK!

[@vincitomniaveritas3981]

@@luckylucky-im5rf Yes, its Greek stylistically. What's the joke?

[@giorgalletos]

Vincit Omnia Veritas he is a greek wannabe

[@ofusowre7620]

Very strange that such an event as destroying the Alexanders tomb is not written down anywhere... Truly a mystery.

[@raceykovev2829]

Alexander is one of my favorite historical figures. Shows what can you achieve with a little faith and support, while being fearless.

[@Tsatsiki84]

Racey Kovev a lot of faith! Faith constructs our vision, our vision manifest our reality.

[@zakkart]

Don't forget inheriting a strong and professional army.

[@raceykovev2829]

Well yeah a professional army is best kind of support :D

[@NapoleonCalland]

Except that Parmenion would not have conquered the known world as Alexander did, nor treated non-Greeks as equals. ;) 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝

[@JaspreetSinghArtist]

what can you achieve by killing people and what you achieve will left here when you die .

[@chrisd8866]

7:58 Little dating error there, in 1798 Napoleon was only a general at the time and had been sent to Egypt by the Directoire government, he would only become First Consul the following year and finally Emperor in 1804. Great video anyway! And here's hoping we eventually find Alexander's remains or at least his true final resting place. I gotta say I like the Venice hypothesis, him being (intentionnally?) swapped/mistaken for Saint Mark would be one of history's greatest ironies.

[@tr1stan007]

Didn't know Napoleon was just a general at that time. Many thanks!

[@KingsandGenerals]

My mistake.

[@Salentu03]

And it was General Bonaparte, we call him Napoléon once he became Emperor. Vive l'Empereur !

[@robertgiles9124]

@@Salentu03 Yeah, the man who left France with a generation of men dead all over Europe and his country on it's knees. He failed in Egypt, Haiti, Spain, and Russia. But what a great man! Probably not what was said as the men lay dying on the battlefields, but what do you care? Their pain is their pain.

[@HoldmyBeerSon]

After watching 'MOONKNIGHT',I am also curious.

[@Aristotelis_Hellas]

Thank you for this great video. I surely share it! Greetings from Macedonia region, Greece 🔆🇬🇷

[@hulagu3068]

Alexander the great quite possibly the greatest human being that has ever lived.

[@tcaruso2]

According to Thomas Madden in his well written book Venice: A New History, in 976, at a time when Venetians were unhappy with the Doge they “set fire to houses built around the fortified [Ducal Palace]. The fire grew into a mighty blaze that cut across the San Marco area. Not only was the palace consumed, but so also was the wooden chapel of San Marco, the old church of St. Theodore, and some three hundred other buildings. The body of St. Mark, so carefully purloined from Alexandria and installed in the newborn Venice, was lost in the flames.”

[@taptapuyo2714]

I can imagine Augustus' reaction when "he" inadvertently broke Alexander's nose.

[@GodMajik]

“...shit”

[@lewistaylor2858]

@TGDS I mean he was the most powerful/richest man in the world haha I doubt anyone would say anything to him.

[@LocalHeretic-ck1kd]

Well I have to admit that these videos are a great suprise to me. I always assumed ( and my history teacher in high school told me the same if I remember correctly ) that body of Alexander the great was lost during Diadochi wars. I learned a lot from this. Thanks KG!

[@thistletea4978]

Have they dated the body of saint marc in Venice via C14? I guess that could solve atleast one mystery

[@Mateo-oq7ui]

I think dating showed the corpse was from around 64 AD but I might be confusing it with Peter. Then again, the story of the Venetian smugglers says they smuggled bones, not a mummified corpse, so unless the mummification of Alexander was less reliable than that of native pharaohs it's probably not Alexanders' body on Venice.

[@12345678900987659101]

I don't think the Venetian government or Catholic Church would permit that.

[@Mateo-oq7ui]

@@12345678900987659101 the Venetian government doesnt really have a say and the Catholic Church alredy allowed C14 tests on other holy relics like the Shroud of Turin (turns out it wasn't a hoax, the first test had checked a patch added in the middle ages) and St. Peter's bones.

[@MrEugenio1994]

Mateo source?

[@altelt802]

@S. Kosma That would be impossible,since,if returned,Alexander's body would've been buried next to his father and the rest of the Macedonian Kings. You know very well that Aiges has been dug up through and through and no sign of a majestic and rich tomb has been found. They do theorise,however, that parts of his armor,used by him-prior to crossing Hellespont-has been buried along with someone of his kin.Not sure if son or little brother.

[@maxpayne216]

This story about Alexander is so fascinating. I never know the missing corpse is the most important element in history.

[@3420undertaker]

dammit Why do all the cool monuments get destroyed or lost.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Because, we are shitty.

[@bagiee1]

Because the real History is not to be found.

[@astrid2885]

Mike Onega Trully how cool it would be if all of them were still standing today and we could visit them. I'm currently living in a modern "tomb" as my city was built over the same city (Byzantine style) which was built over the same city (ancient style). It's kinda sad that there is so much history underneath us covered by concrete foundation.

[@stevenerwin6853]

Religion

[@rukhutavei8047]

Coz its precious

[@aGr3atD4y]

I love Alexander the Great so much! Im so fascinated by his life, he is one of my idols in life. Hes so awe inspiring

[@unleashingpotential-psycho9433]

Interesting that Ptolemy had placed Alexanders body in the empty sarcophagus.

[@NorceCodine]

That's just an urban myth, no evidence whatsoever.

[@faylure9985]

Well, would be weird if he put Alexander's body in an already used sarcophagus. HAHA!

[@pierren___]

@@NorceCodine thats not a myth: the sarcophagus of nectanebo was found by napoleon in alexandria, while the tomb was found in memphis. How could it had moved, without a good reason? It explains why Ptolemy said alexander was son of nectanebo 2 in fact.

[@NorceCodine]

@@pierren___ There were literally dozens of New Kingdom sarcophagi found in Alexandria, the Greeks loved to collect Egyptian artefacts from all over in Egypt. The open tombs in the Valley of the Kings are full of Greek graffitto.

[@pierren___]

@@NorceCodine yeah, but nectanebo tomb was found in memphis, and alexander was first put there, then To Alexandria and there napoleon found his sarcophagus. Tbh i think the arab deplaced him at this moment and after that we dont know

[@doodmann5898]

I love this story it is so fascinating, I hope they will discover alexander’s body soon!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@youngzzaz5407]

They better 🤒

[@historynerds1516]

The quality of these videos is so good I'm amazed every time I'm done watching. Great job!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much, appreciate the feedback!

[@AkonGG9025]

At 8:47 it says "Holy Hot Mess" for where the HRE would be

[@KingsandGenerals]

It does. :-)

[@helicongremory8480]

I support it. I can barely call it the "Holy Roman Empire" without crying. Neither Holy, nor Roman nor an Empire ...

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Where’s Waldo? 1st Edition

[@stevenerwin6853]

Lol

[@FoxMikage]

So Alexander was a son of god, became a king of kings, died at 33 years old, and his body disappeared. It's obvious what happen, Alexander became Jesus.

[@PM-ui2ul]

died 26 or 28

[@eleniasimop]

@@PM-ui2ul no, he died in 33 like Jesus, and people was warshiping him like god for 600 years. Then Christianity came.

[@cq33xx58]

if you start looking for adaptations from the pagan world in christianity you'll be amazed. Socrates: wise man teaching virtue to his followers death sentence for wit chooses not to flee but stay and die for his beliefs

[@zazzyboy8592]

FoxMikage he would never allow to be disrespected by the Jews like that or the romans

[@malchir4036]

First of all, Alexandros was 32 at the times of his death. Second of all, we barely have any historical evidence of Jesus existing, let alone contemporary. His age at death at 33 is purely Christian tradition, not historical. It's pretty hard to give a year of birth given the forged nativity story, but even the latests hypotheses are 3 BC.

[@manofsu]

8:47 “holy hot mess” nice detail there

[@CogitoEdu]

That is the official name I believe :D

[@Hostility1812]

Didn’t know what I was going to do with my life today.. Until I saw this! Everyone get your note taking materials and sit down enjoy the video. Great content.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much :-)

[@Edax_Royeaux]

One quirks of history is that Abraham Lincoln's body was almost stolen by counterfeiters to be buried in a random location for ransom, and that the only reason the Secret Service got involved protecting Lincoln's body was because it was their job to combat counterfeiters. The President's sarcophagus was only secured by a single padlock, so if normal thieves were trying to steal the President's body they probably could have gotten away with it. The mystery of where his body went could have reached the level of Alexander the Great's had the Secret Service not stepped in (as it was not their job to protect the Presidents at the time).

[@KingsandGenerals]

See, I didn't know that. Thank you!

[@KhanMann66]

Holy shit why hasn’t this been a movie yet!?

[@Edax_Royeaux]

@KhaanMan66 The History Channel made a documentary about it. wheat.cleburne.k12.tx.us/apps/video/watch.jsp?v=52630

[@zazzyboy8592]

Imagine, going through life, getting old, and dying. No one will remember your name not even 20 years after. But Alexander? He will be remembered until all of our bones turn into dust. Imagine! That’s absolutely insane. He is the closest thing to a god this world has ever seen.

[@maxanderson9293]

So will be Ceasar, Augustus, Gengis Khan

[@safariappreneurs9008]

King Tut somehow added to the chat

[@marwenklai8458]

@@safariappreneurs9008 king tut left the shat , his not even amongst the great 100 pharoes of all time . alexander was the closest thing to a god

[@Vercingetorix.Fantasia]

Caesar.

[@diyworld4462]

@@Vercingetorix.Fantasia Caesar is not that famous worldwide. For example her in India, only people who read Shakespeare plays know him and most of them are not sure if he existed lol. Whereas there is a famous idiom related to Alexander in Hindi. I myself didn't knew someone named Caesar existed for a long time

[@vinodvarghese78]

One of the biggest mysteries in this world that we may never know, just like the Ark of the Covenant. Great video.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much! :-)

[@fbi805]

Add the lost library of Alexandria to that list

[@ab_khanayy]

How ironic it would be if the body in venice is of Alexander's,the christians who opposed paganism may have been paying their respects to a pagan themselves

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yeah, that would be the funniest historical thing.

[@ab_khanayy]

@Zdenic Shepherdess I think the church's administrators (or whoever owns the church) won't allow them

[@KhanMann66]

Losing power duh?

[@bubblebreak4160]

When you said the Church of Saint Mark, I was like “Oh shit! The Venetians!” The pretty speculative, but I love it! What a story.

[@blonded0532]

Wouldn’t it be ridiculously insane If st marks body was actually Alexander’s and it has been shown off to the public for hundreds of years with none of us knowing about it?

[@frilink]

"Both neglected Ptolomy tomb" Lol......... everyone know he was a scammer

[@wanderinghistorian]

Tour Guide: "Lo! Here lies Saint Mark a faithful martyr." Mummy: "Yo man I told you my name is Alex."

[@mechhyena6957]

Different from the videos of battles I've grown to love from your channel, But this was just as entertaining. Really fascinating plot twists. You guys have really developed your knack for storytelling. Bravo.

[@markfutchll8141]

This would make a good movie

[@KingsandGenerals]

Agreed. Not with Nicolas Cage, please.

[@markfutchll8141]

Lol

[@astrid2885]

Please, not like the Colin Farrell movie....

[@Solon7]

In 1977 were discovered the Palace and the royal tombs of Macedonian kings in Northern Greece,precisely in VERGINA which is a small village in the region of Macedonia(not related with North Macedonia which is a modern state of course). The professor of Archeology Manolis Andronikos who discovered the tombs,found also a Golden Larnax 24 carat and 11 kg weight(!!!)embossed with the Vergina sun symbol. Inside this larnax they found the bones of the dead,a golden armor and many other golden and ivory artifacts.They said that the tomb was Phillip’s,father of Alexander III. But recently,American historians and the top Greek historian Eleni Glikatzi-Arveler(She was Principal of University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne!)developed the theory that the tomb isn’t Phillip’s,but certainly his son Alexander III the Great! We have just to wait to be proved. Who knows?Maybe we are a step before a great discovery. Greetings from Greece.

[@matthewbryant958]

Surely Alexander would of had the most amazing/massive tomb so I’m surprised it’s so hard to find

[@BVBrocks927]

It could have been one of the greatest and most popular historical sites in the world if it was preserved properly

[@KingsandGenerals]

Agreed, would probably be visited as much as the Pyramids.

[@jl9062]

@@KingsandGenerals I always imagined what it would be like if the ancient wonders of the world & Alexander's tomb were still present. Damn!

[@MegaAgamon]

oh boy I can only imagine what would Greeks do to reclaim it.

[@WWIIKittyhawk]

Man I love this channel. I watched the whole mongol series, now this. Fantastic work bro.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching! More on the way!

[@thetrialshot]

1. What if Alexander's tomb is gone forever because a significant part of Ancient Alexandria is now underwater? 2. Can they do a DNA test on St. Mark's cathedral?

[@bagiee1]

Alexander by his own wish, was to be buried at the Sacred site of Amun-Ra in Siwa Egypt... and guess what!! The Tomb was found in Oasis Siwa by a Greek woman Archaeologist in 1989. The body of Alexander was taken there by Ptolemaios, who was Alexander's General, and one of his closest friends.

[@bagiee1]

@@lastword8783 Yes...that is true... but did they really visit Alexanders Tomb? Also stuff like "Cutting Alexander's nose", while touching him... is BS in my view...just folklore Myth. How u can cut a Mummified body's Nose, when hes all wrapped in cloth?

[@MegaAgamon]

No you can't DNA doesn't last forever guys it also decays

[@nerthus4685]

The area where it was is not underwater (central Alexandria).

[@nerevarlambo]

@@MegaAgamon They can identify DNA 10000 years old. So they can in this case.

[@eleniasimop]

I am from northern Greece, Macedonia. His legend is still alive here, people still admire him and talk about him in every day's life the way they would do about a brother or a son who emigrated and never came back. There are still songs about him. He is not a corpse buried somewhere, he is an idea, he is our glory. I wish they never find him. I wish they let him alone to rest in his tune because he would still be free this way. I wouldn't like to see any scientists "playing" with his remains.

[@Coleorton7]

Lets find the body & clone him!

[@aaron2x4]

I have to appreciate the details considered in the making of your videos Augustus having accidentally breaking Alexander's nose for example Such comic relief that was :D

[@KingsandGenerals]

:-) Glad, you enjoyed it!

[@MO-go9oo]

The tomb of a king, title of the movie for this! Honestly one of the most incredible stories heard about Alexander! It is heart breaking history was destroyed and lost though, however that's what would make it such an incredible movie!

[@tarasdubenskyy508]

Amazing video. The only adjustment is that Napoleon was not yet an emperor in 1798. As all the other videos of the series it is really cool.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks. I know.

[@quimble2177]

I hope one day, we find it. It’ll be, in my opinion and I assume many others, one of the biggest and best discoveries archeologists have ever made when or if we find it.

[@KingsandGenerals]

True. Whoever discovers it will be remembered.

[@bagiee1]

It has been found already. And it is in Oasis of Siwa, south-west of Alexandria.

[@eyuin5716]

Where the hell are the ancient aliens and lizard peoples?

[@CogitoEdu]

All around us

[@ajaxamsterdamdeusvult]

Fuck off

[@Milagrospy]

The graphics of this video was amazing!!! Thank you for sharing this!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very for watching!

[@FiveLiver]

Excellent presentation.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much!

[@gianlucaborg195]

Epic. Very interesting video, poor Alexander however! - saved part I to watch them as one whole doc. Keep it up!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Sound strategy. :-)

[@GrBucellarii]

You made a nice video once again...thank you for looking too deep for many cases!!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching!

[@PhoenixRiseinFlame]

Apparently the Egyptians have just claimed to have found Alexander’s tomb

[@tyriq7328]

You got a link

[@Zantides]

Ey, saw my name :D

[@KingsandGenerals]

As intended. :-)

[@thanosz.3474]

Even if his tomb is never found,the legacy of the King of the kings will live forever

[@sethrepp7268]

Noticed lots of total war Rome 2 pics/ vids in here, im a fan lol.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Same here!

[@BeerOfDiscord]

Fantastic video, as usual! Small correction: when Napoleon arrived in Egypt he wasn't yet Emperor. He wasn't even Consul at that point.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks! Honestly, this line was automatic. Like, if I think about Elizabeth II, I will automatically add "queen", even if I am talking about a period before she was crowned.

[@NickSibz]

It honestly angers me that the greatest tactician/conqueror of all time could: A. Be in Venice being falsely worshipped (honestly I kinda hope it is so it's not lost entirely) B. Some undisclosed location (would be absolutely awesome to finally discover) C. Destroyed altogether cause these jackasses were too stupid to realize what they were doing (idiots) Ugh, we're absolute morons. I truly hope we one day find this man and allow him to finally rest in peace.

[@thatundeadlegacy2985]

How dare they burn so many beautiful buildings,

[@ojisanobasan6847]

So sad that the great library of Alexandria was destroyed during the riots

[@muhammadsyed49]

Since you just finished a series about Genghis Khan you could possibly something similar to this as his burial place is also unknown etc.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yeah, it is on my list!

[@Kariakas]

Very interesting, I was looking forward to the second part.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Hope, you enjoyed it!

[@Rommel296]

The Roman Empire did NOT split in AD 330 - the capital was moved to New Rome (Constantinople). Some historians declare that this event marks the beginning of the so called "Byzantine Empire". It should be noted that the last "Byzantine/Eastern Roman Emperor" issued an edict during the final siege of Constantinople in 1453 demanding that everyone relinquish their wealth to pay mercenaries for the good of the Roman Republic!

[@matthewlaurence3121]

You are right, Constantine had managed to gain recognition as emperor of a united empire in 324, it had been divided into East & West prior to this, on-and-off, and would soon be again. But in 330 it was one.

[@tr1stan007]

yep true, the split under Theodosius is right. However this video was more referring to the split of east and west between Licinius and Constantine and of Diocletian beforehand. But yes granted in 330, the Empire was reunited by Constantine following his victory vs Licinius. We made a slight error, thank you for pointing it out.

[@SifuMatias]

@@tr1stan007 only when you do things can you make mistakes, criticizing is a sign that one does not do anything and waits for the error of the one who works to appear superior. excellent work guys as always.

[@Morz44]

> Emperor issues edict > Roman Republic Do you see where you went wrong?

[@Rommel296]

@@Morz44 I didn't go wrong! See Edward Gibbon's "History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire". He quoted original documents. Hollywood not withstanding, the Romans NEVER called the country they lived in anything other than the "Roman Republic". Just like the USA is no longer a democratic republic, the Romans maintained the fiction that they were a republic long after all vestiges of the Republic were eliminated.

[@mohamedhommos7748]

My Great Hero Alexander The Great Tomb from Egypt.

[@m.n.h3014]

Nice, love from India

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@TheArcheryGamer]

As always guys, awesome video!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much! :-)

[@lukezuzga6460]

Great job as always fellas! I even shot over to Devin's channel to give it a look the other day. I swore Id never watch anyone play a video game on KZbin but there I was watching Devin! More importantly, listening to him as he played on!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yeah, if you like Let's Plays, Devin is just another level, with his narrative style.

[@lukezuzga6460]

Kings and Generals Im not even sure what game it was but he had a Roman Army with a rogue general? Possible to run it on a lap top?

[@KingsandGenerals]

I think you meant Mount and Blade. Yeah, that game is so old, you can probably run it on your phone.

[@lukezuzga6460]

Kings and Generals Went back and looked (Oh and watched another installment,) it was Total War, Fields of Mars. TW def should use Devin to sell their products! I know that much.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Say hi. :-)

[@chris.asi_romeo]

Alexander one of the most famous man in history that we are still talking him 2200 years later.

[@Jejak_Pengangguran]

I will named my son, Alexander I will named my daughter, Alexandria

[@KingsandGenerals]

Fine names :-)

[@arastoomii4305]

I hope your son won't be burried in your daughter

[@shalompatahilah2057]

If Muslim call him iskandar

[@shalompatahilah2057]

@@UsmanSiddiq1 hahaha then alexandria in Persia LOL

[@UsmanSiddiq1]

@Athan asios cut the crap alexender sucessor killed his sons and ruled empire as kings Ptolomey,selucid they were all seperate kings and Persian civi is superior to Greeks and 2nd most oldest civi on planet Earth after Summerians feom the time period of Akkadians 8000 BC Greeks named their God after Persians cuz they come at-least 6000 years after them. Persian is a Greek word for persian people so cut your crap,the middle eastern name is eleum and Real word is Parsi after their religion and it got nothing to do with Greeks

[@pete2389]

This is the Kings and Generals channel, catch you on the flip side 😎

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep. :-)

[@charleshistoire_pzkpfw]

My first time to watch the newly released movie part. 4 mins ago.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Good :-)

[@theneroliveira]

awesome video guys, very interesting conjectures and subject!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching!

[@LordAnestis]

At least now that his body is lost he can rest in peace.

[@mayankchandrakar8333]

Man, if Napoleon also wanted Alexander then it's body must be highly precious

[@ismailjbari4953]

Great video and narration as usual, can you please make a video about the war between The Moroccan Saadi Empire and the Songhai Empire ?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! Will consider!

[@lazzbeets8262]

that was like listening to davinci code movie great one!

[@zylianari8556]

It's great how respect can go to adoration then turns to fanaticism and lastly a religion. I always thought that Abrahamic religions might have started like this.

[@tanayanandbhandari9492]

Amazing!,one of the best channels i have ever subscribed to.

[@omarm803]

that one hell of a mystery

[@KingsandGenerals]

Hope you enjoyed the video!

[@omarm803]

yesssssssssssssssssssssssss

[@omarm803]

hope you make videos about Romance of the three kingdoms history people are talking about the game :D

[@jes2276]

Strange that people just forget where the tomb was. Maybe it was a deliberate campaign. Would be interesting to see what the locals say.

[@KHK001]

Great video!!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much!

[@tomtom21194]

The film Agora shows some of the rising tensions in Alexandria between the christians, jews and pagans and the amount of detruction of knowledge, archetecture and history that accured if anyone is interested

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yeah, I love that movie!

[@tomtom21194]

Bayek raided it for treasure and magical 1st civilization artefacts, thats what

[@tomtom21194]

@Aves Regal thought it was part of the main story, dont u explore it with julius caesar and cleopatra when he first comes to Alexandria?

[@tomtom21194]

@Aves Regal sorry for mild spoilers then yo