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FATAL ERROR Alexander the Great ‘was ALIVE while his body was prepared for burial’ – after rare disease left him paralysed for six days

It has baffled boffins for decades, but we may finally know what killed one of history's finest military minds
By Harry Pettit, Senior Digital Technology and Science Reporter
29th January 2019, 11:45 am
 
THE mystery over the death of Alexander the Great may have finally been solved – and his passing was grislier than historians had ever imagined.

The fearsome military genius succumbed to a rare disease that left him paralysed for six days, gradually robbing him of his ability to move, speak and breath, claims a new study.
 
It means the ancient Macedonian ruler was likely still alive while his loyal soldiers prepared his body for burial in 323 BC.

His muscles were paralysed to the point that doctors couldn't see he was still breathing, meaning he was pronounced dead nearly a week early.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/8303195/alexander-the-great-was-alive-while-body-was-prepared-for-burial-after-rare-disease-left-him-paralysed/