Alexander the Great was likely buried alive
Alexander the Great was likely buried alive Alexander the Great has gone down in history after establishing the ancient world's largest empire by his mid 25s. Historians now believed the warmonger succumbed to a rare disease in 323 BC, leaving him progressively more paralyzed over six days. A likely autoimmune disease meant the 32-year-old's muscles were almost totally unmovable to the point that doctors may not have seen that he was still breathing Ancient Greek scholars recorded how Alexander's body did not decompose after his premature cremation proved the man was a god, but scientists now suspect this has meant he was still alive.