Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1910 — A Costly Funeral. [ARTICLE]

A Costly Funeral.

The most costly state funeral which has ever taken place was perhaps that of Alexander the Great. A round million was spent In laying Alexander to his rest. The body was placed in a coffin of gold filled with” costly aromatics, and a dladern was placed on the head. The funeral car was embellished with ornaments of pure gold, and its weight was so great that it took eighty-four mules more than a year to convey it from Babylon to Syria.