The sarcophagus was not Alexander the Great – Digital AIM

The government of Egypt announced the contents of the sarcophagus found in Alexandria, about two thousand years ago, in which it was speculated that the remains of Alexander the Great were. The Ministry of Antiquities confirmed that inside were three skeletons, who would be warriors, but this is not the grave of the Macedonian conqueror.

The sarcophagus two meters in height and three in length It was found in an excavation in the barium of Sidi Gaber, and the announcement of his discovery has raised speculation as to whether it was the tomb of the king who conquered half of the world known until then in the fourth century BC and who died at age 33 A mortar layer between the remains and the The lid indicated that it had not been changed since his burial, which fueled the conjectures as to whether there was a large size on the inside.

The bones found in the black granite sarcophagus filled with In turn, the sewage would be three soldiers, according to expert Shaaban Abdelmoneim, who said that there is a skull pierced by a arrow injury. The remains found were taken to the National Museum of Alexandria for badysis.

The speculations were based on the confirmation that the sarcophagus dated from the Ptolemaic era, that is to say, from the third century BC. Alexander the Great died in the year 323 a. C., and was the one who started this era when he conquered Egypt nine years ago. The Ptolemaic era ended with the entry of the Romans, three decades before the beginning of the Christian era, in the era of Queen Cleopatra.