Saturday, February 16, 2019

Was Alexander declared dead prematurely?

PALEO-FORENSIC SPECULATION: Why Alexander the Great May Have Been Declared Dead Prematurely (It's Pretty Gruesome) (Owen Jarus, Live Science).
Alexander the Great may have been killed by Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological condition in which a person's own immune system attacks them, says one medical researchers [sic].

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Could be. We'll never know unless someday we recover his body.

Ancient Judaism took an interest in Alexander the Great, in the Bible and elsewhere. So I like to keep track of news about him. For past posts see here and links.

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