Moon Knight True Story: Is Alexander The Great’s Tomb Missing?
Warning: Contains spoilers for Moon Knight episode 4.
Marvel's Moon Knight episode 4 involved a discovery of Alexander the Great’s tomb, begging the question of whether or not it's missing in real life and what the true story is. The revelation of Ammit’s tomb also being Alexander the Great’s is treated as a major revelation on Steven’s part thanks to it having been missing, which matches up with the tomb's current status in real life. The story behind all of that isn’t a long one, but it does warrant an explanation, especially for anyone who would want the historical context behind Marvel’s Moon Knightusing it.
In June 323 BC, Alexander the Great died in the Babylonian palace of Nebuchadnezzar II after being deathly sick for two weeks. The exact nature of Alexander’s sickness is unknown, but some causes that have been suggested are malaria, typhoid fever, and West Nile virus. Poisoning was largely ruled out because of how long it took for him to die, but in a 2014 journal, Dr. Leo Schep suggested that white hellebore could have been used to poison him since its poison takes a while to kill someone (via Phys.org). Regardless, following his death, Alexander’s body was sealed in a golden sarcophagus with plans to carry it to Macedonia.
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This marked the beginning of Alexander the Great’s tomb going missing, as stated in Moon Knight episode 4. Before his body could be brought to Macedonia, Alexander’s general, Ptolemy I Soter, stole it and took it to Memphis, likely in a bid to assert his right to the throne, and it stayed there until Ptolemy II Philadelphus transferred it to Alexandria. After that, Alexander's tomb was constantly raided by people looking
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