Here the vain youth who made the world his prize,
That prosperous robber, Alexander, lies.
When pitying death, at length, had freed mankind,
To sacred rest his bones were here consigned:
His bones; that better had been tossed and hurled,
With just contempt, around the injured world.
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Alexander of Macedon is buried somewhere in the great city that bears his name - Alexandria - in Egypt. His tomb has never been discovered. It is probably now underwater as the coastline has moved a long way since the 4th century BC.
For many people Alexander is not a great figure of history but a vile warmonger and destructive force.
Alexandria, the great port city on Egypt's north coast, named after the soldier king Alexander the Great