Bugün öğrendim ki: Büyük İskender'in ölümünden yüzyıllar sonra, mezarı turistik bir cazibe merkeziydi. Mezarı ziyaret eden birçok Roma imparatoru hatıra eşyalarıyla ayrıldı ve anıtı etkili bir şekilde yağmaladı. Bir hesaba göre, Augustus Caesar, 300 yaşındaki mumyaya dokunmaya çalıştı ve yanlışlıkla burnunu kırdı.
[![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Mid- nineteenth_century_reconstruction_of_Alexander's_catafalque_based_on_the_description_by_Diodorus.jpg/220px- Mid-nineteenth_century_reconstruction_of_catalex_reconstruction_of_Alexander_s_description_by_Diodorus.jpg/220px- Mid-nineteenth_century_reconstruction_of_Alexander_fideus_diodor_talex_fif_catalex) nineteenth_century_reconstruction_of_Alexander's_catafalque_based_on_the_description_by_Diodorus.jpg) Alexander's carriage, according to [Diodorus Siculus](/wiki/Diodorus_Siculus "Diodorus Siculus") , 19th-century representation The location of the **tomb of Alexander is an mystery. Following [Alexander's death](/wiki/Death_of_Alexander_the_Great "Death of Alexander the Great") in [Babylon](/wiki/Babylon "Babylon"), his body was initially buried in [Memphis](/wiki/Memphis,_Egypt "Memphis) , Egypt") by [Ptolemy I Soter](/wiki/Ptolemy_I_Soter "Ptolemy I Soter"), before being transferred to [Alexandria](/wiki/Alexandria "Alexandria"), where it was reburied.[1] [Julius Caesar](/wiki/Julius_Caesar "Julius Caesar"), [Cleopatra](/wiki/Cleopatra "Cleopatra") and [Augustus](/wiki/Augustus "Augustus"), among others, visited Alexander's tomb in Alexandria, though it had possibly been destroyed by the [5th century](/wiki/4th_century "4th century");[2] since the [19th century](/wiki/19th_century "19th century"), over one hundred official attempts have been made to try to identify the ancient site of Alexander's tomb in Alexandria.[3]