[wildbill]

I think some German archeologist claimed some time ago that she had found the site of the oasis where he was supposed to be buried in the Western desert of Egypt. I believe there was a FR post on it.

Of course it is a long way from finding an oasis to finding a tomb.

I’ve always thought it was a strange choice for his burial and perhaps a ruse by his loyal followers to send future tomb robbers out into the desert to search futilely until they died.

[SunkenCiv]

Hmm... not sure about that. The temple at Siwa oasis where Alexander consulted the oracle still stands. A few years back a coffin which has been in a museum for decades was identified as having been possibly, hmm, maybe I’ll look before I leap on this one...

Okay, so, I can’t find what I’m looking for. I did find this old file. The links are dead per se, but I had no trouble pulling up the pages on the wayback machine.

http://www.greece.org/alexandria/tomb2/arabs.htm
http://www.greece.org/alexandria/tomb2/burial.htm
http://www.greece.org/alexandria/tomb2/church.htm
http://www.greece.org/alexandria/tomb2/destruction.htm
http://www.greece.org/alexandria/tomb2/mosque.htm
http://www.greece.org/alexandria/tomb2/myth.htm
http://www.greece.org/alexandria/tomb2/search.htm
http://www.greece.org/alexandria/tomb2/sources.htm

http://www.google.com/search?q=Siwa+oasis

Here’s the so-called Alexander Sarcophagus (and image search), which merely has images of Alexander sculpted into it:

http://images.travelpod.com/users/eddieandlynn/1.1237836060.the-alexander-sarcophagus.jpg
http://www.google.com/images?q=%22Alexander+Sarcophagus,%22&sa=X&oi=image_result_group

Uh, okay, this isn’t what I remember either, but it may be a start:

http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/alexander/tomb.html