Alexander's Tomb: The Two-Thousand Year Obsession to Find the Lost Conquerer Review

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(More customer reviews)The Soma.What is it? It is the name given to Alexander's tomb or Mausoleum.
Were is it, it is a mystery as the mystery of the man itself.
This book narrates the history of the Ptolomaic dynasty what they accomplished and what ruined Alexandria Egypt under their, reign.It further goes to describe the Roman Period, the Ottoman Period the Christian period,and the look for Alexander's Soma.The recent digs in the Oasis of Siwa, to the discovery of the Ptolomaic Alexandria right under the Actual Alexandria only 40 feet under.
HOw through the centuries the Soma appeared and dissappeared from history. Is it still in Alexandria, is it in Memphis,or Siwa? Or is it all together gone? What about the sarcopagus at the Nebi Daniel Mosque,did it containe Alexander's body or not?
This book has been published in 2006, and is incredible the research that the author has done.The latest excavations in the Latin cemiteries in the hope of discovering Alexander.What an astonishing accomplishment this would be, in my opinion better than the King Tut's tomb. Alexander accomplished much more than Tut.I hope that he will soon be found,intact with his glass sarcophagus and his mummified body.
It is a very easy book to read.
5 plus stars.

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The Derveni Krater: Masterpiece of Classical Greek Metalwork (Ancient Art and Architecture in Context) Review

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(More customer reviews)Here is the much-needed scholarly volume on a surviving ancient Greek art treasure - the Derveni Krater - an object studied in every credible collegiate and university course on Greek art. This lavish tome is written by Barr-Sharrar, who has already comprehensively studied the Derveni Krater in the peer-reviewed literature, now accessible to all readers. Rare as it is to find one authoritative volume on a single piece of ancient Greek art, it is even more unusual to find so much useful analysis and detail devoted to a special kind of bronze vessel and the full spectrum of Dionysian themes in art. With applicable references from bronzes to sculpture, vase painting and other ancient media, Barr-Sharrar's exquisite book combines the observant eye of the artist with the penetrating mind of the sleuth in examining and contextualizing precursors and the array of corresponding types. Careful in her reconstruction of iconography and provenance as well as her hypotheses of function and meaning for the singular Derveni Krater, Barr-Sharrar has produced a gem for students of Greek art, myth, religion and ancient technology. This book is a great resource for art historians and archaeologists from an author and publisher with the highest critical standards.

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