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Ptolemy
08-25-2006, 07:42 PM
As we all know very few portaits of Alexander have survived. We have the Alexander Mosaic in Pompeii, and some coins depicting Alexander. Other than that we have a few surviving statues and some literary accounts - not always trustful - since most of them lived long after Alexander.

Based on literary accounts and one statue of Alexander, i tried to depict how he could possibly look like. Most accounts refer to him as having curly, dark blond hair, fair skinned and having different colours in his eyes, a blue and a dark one.

Here is a somehow possible depiction of Alexander the great.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/technotut/alex.jpg

Ptolemy
08-29-2006, 04:33 PM
Well, i managed to create an even more realistic portrait of him.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/technotut/alex2.jpg

More about Alexander's appearance here.

http://www.thegreatalexander.com/articles/?p=34