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Excerpt from The Tomb of Alexander a Dissertation on the Sarcophagus Brought From Alexandria and Now in the British Museum The different inquiries in the following dissertation may possibly add something to our knowledge of a very curious subject. Some exercise may be offered to the ingenuity of the learned, and some points of antient history subjected to a more minute investigation. If a partiality for the subject has induced the Author to consider the evidence he has produced as undeniable, he Wishes to be understood With reference to such proofs, and to such evidence, as the nature of the discussion Will admit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.