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2024-03-22 11:47:40 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

This post is partly speculative and partly false. First, the reason behind Alexander's body not decomposing remains a mystery; the paralysis theory is just that, a theory, not a fact. Second, had he been paralyzed, he'd have been killed during embalming, not buried alive. https://www.britannica.com/story/how-did-alexander-the-great-really-die

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• This post is partly speculative and partly false. First, the reason behind Alexander's body not decomposing remains a mystery; the paralysis theory is just that, a theory, not a fact. Second, had he been paralyzed, he'd have been killed during embalming, not buried alive. https://www.britannica.com/story/how-did-alexander-the-great-really-die