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Description : Clarke, Edward Daniel. The Tomb of Alexander: A Dissertation on the Sarcophagus Brought From Alexandria and Now in the British Museum. [viii], [5]-161, [2] pp. 3 engraved plates, 1 tinted aquatint. (4to) 11x8½, original boards. With errata leaf. First Edition. Cambridge: Printed by R. Watts for J. Mawman, 1805 Edward Daniel Clarke travelled to Egypt in 1801 during a war between Napoleonic forces and the British. When news of an impending treaty reached Clarke he hurried to inform the British commander in Egypt, General Hutchinson, of Egyptian antiquities to be shipped from Alexandria to France, including the famous Rosetta Stone. Included as well was a green sarcophagus which for many centuries had been regarded as the tomb of Alexander the Great. Once Champollion had deciphered the Rosetta Stone it became clear that the hieroglyphs carved on the sarcophagus proclaimed it to have belonged to Pharaoh Nectanebo II and not that of Alexander. To this day the issue where the body of Alexander the Great is buried remains unresolved. Spine label lacking, spine ends chipped, author's name in ink on spine, board edges worn, rear cover partially detached, light foxing, else good.
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