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Alexander IV
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:20 pm
by ruthaki
The face (in the inset at the top of the page) looks like a youth but the body of the statue is certainly not that of a 12 year old. As he was murdered at age 13/14 I doubt he was that developed. HOwever, the artist may have just used a model for it to represent Alexander IV. To me, he looks more like Alexander himself.
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:39 pm
by Theseus
aleksandros:
Being the bones were from cremation there is little hope any dna is left behind. I believe from what I have learned from Egyptian mummies and using dna to identify them, that it's the marrow or tissue that carries the dna, not the actual bones themselves.
ruthaki:
I agree the statue seems more mature than Alexander IV's age, but maybe as you say it could be the way the artist wanted to portray him. I am not positive, but has the statue been dated? I thought that it had.
So many mysteries that will never be solved.