After Alexander the Great died in 323 BCE his generals divided the kingdom to rule, General Ptolemy took Egypt. When the body of Alexander the Great was being transported back to Greece for burial Ptolemy hijacked the body and took it to Egypt. Alexander was then buried in Alexandria. By 400 AD no one knew where the tomb was. It is now one of the great archaeological mysteries.

(Great Courses – The History of Egypt)                                                                                             (Archaeology Magazine – July/August 2013)