The Horns of Alexander the Great – Disguised Truth or Unpopular Myth?

The Horns of Alexander the Great – Disguised Truth or Unpopular Myth?

For some reason the topic about the horns of Alexander the Great is not a big thing in today’s world. However, many times in the past few days I have accidentally bumped into a few scholarly articles covering ancient literature and even reports about deep interest of the medical world regarding the horns of Alexander the Great, as an organ… as opposed to mere jewelry.

Besides the ancient coin as I have posted above, below are a few interesting articles and readings that I have bumped into regarding this topic. Whether or not the great historical figure is concluded to have horns, I will leave it for you to decide.

Biblical Text

The first thing that drew my attention to this topic is the passage in Daniel 2. Daniel was interpreting a dream of the Babylonian king regarding four kingdoms (including his own). The other three kingdoms that would rise and fall ofter the kings, are the Greek-Macedon, Medo-Persian and Assyria. An intriguing verse explaining these kingdom caught my attention in Daniel 2:43.

And in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, even as iron does not combine with pottery. (New American Standard Bible)

Another version of this verse says:

But then the feet and toes that ended up as a mixture of ceramic and iron will deteriorate into a mongrel kingdom with some remains of iron in it. (The Message)

With the word “mongrel” meaning

1. An animal or a plant resulting from various interbreedings, especially a dog of mixed or undetermined breed.
2. A cross between different breeds, groups, or varieties, especially a mixture that is or appears to be incongruous.

This verse left me thinking curious. So does it mean the kingdoms are not of the seed of man?!

Arabic text

Then I found a scholarly article (which you actually need to pay for to read the whole of it) that covers an ancient Arabic text that talks about the horns of Alexander the Great as organs, as opposed to “jewelry” as what some people use to argue against this mystery. The scholarly article can be downloaded here: the Horns of Alexander the Great.

Another article regarding an Arabic text talking about the horns of this historic figure is found on Wikipedia. The Arabic text can be found in the Quran and is called Dhul-Qarnayn, which means the “two-horned one”. The Muslim world therefore transliterate the name Alexander the Great with the name Iskandar or Zulkarnain a variant of Dhul-Qarnayn. Wikipedia states,

Alexander the Great in the Qur’an refers to the conjecture that the story of Dhul-Qarnayn (in Arabic ذو القرنين, literally “The Two-Horned One”, also transliterated as Zul-Qarnain or Zulqarnain), mentioned in the Qur’an, is in fact a reference to Alexander III of Macedon (356–323 BC), popularly known as Alexander the Great.[1] Dhul-Qarnayn is a figure who was well-known in the lore of the ancient dwellers of the Arabian Peninsula and is mentioned in the Qur’an, the sacred scripture of Islam. Dhul-Qarnayn is regarded by some Muslims as a prophet, and is identified with Alexander the Great in early Islamic literature. Source: Wikipedia.

Modern Medical Interest

Apparently the modern medical world is interested in the medical ‘dilemma’ of Alexander’s horns. An article titled “The Horns of a Medical Dilemma: Alexander the Great“, which you can download here,  discusses “retrospective diagnosis of clinical disorders of famous historical figures [which has been] of medical interest.”

Whether or not Alexander had natural horns growing on his skull, we do not know unless we can actually find his skull and see it for ourselves. However, it does seem that there are anomalies where some human beings have grown horns just like anomalies of people who have a 6th finger on each hand, or people who have tails.

Below are pictures of people had who one or two horns growing from their skull.

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3 Responses for “The Horns of Alexander the Great – Disguised Truth or Unpopular Myth?”

  1. Avigayil says:
    July 28, 2010 at 8:52 am

    Yep I have a strong suspicion that this is the case too. Here is the Bible verse that supports this suspicion:

    Dan 2:42-43
    42And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
    43And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they… shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

    This was Daniel’s interpretation of the King of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. The various parts of the body (read the whole chapter Daniel 2 for full interpretation of the dream) represented different kingdoms that would rise after Babylon. The part iron part clay kingdom was referring to the Kingdom of Greece under the ruling of Alexander the Great. It says there “they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men” – “they” in this verse refers to non-humans, otherwise it would not be written specifically this way.

  2. Anna says:
    August 3, 2010 at 6:15 pm

    so you are saying that Alexander the great is an alien

  3. Assi Stant says:
    August 14, 2010 at 11:28 pm

    I was just speaking to my little sister concerning this the other day. I also seen a post on that over at the bowa web site. Isnt it odd how these things pop up in groups. to be direct, it is sort of terrifying.

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