A marble masterpiece of kings, conquest, and mistaken identity.
It carries the name of Alexander the Great, but it was never his tomb.
Discovered in Sidon and carved with astonishing battle and hunting scenes, the Alexander Sarcophagus is one of antiquity’s most breathtaking masterpieces — and its greatest mystery may be the man for whom it was actually made.
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