Alexander the Great at The National Museum of Copenhagen, Denmark

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Alexander the Great, a marble statue from Carthage or Utica in Tunisia, 150-250 AD, now displayed at the National museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. Made possible by Memento Beta technology. The sculpture depicts Alexander as a god with ram's horns and an elephant skin draped over his head. It is a Roman copy of the original Greek statue. The worship of Ammon was introduced to Greece through the Greek colony in Cyrene, which likely established a connection with the great oracle of Ammon in the Oasis shortly after its founding. Ammon had temples and statues in Thebes and Sparta, including one gifted by Pindar at Thebes. At Aphytis, Chalcidice, Ammon was worshipped zealously from the time of Lysander, just like in Ammonium. Pindar, a renowned poet, honored the god with a hymn. In Megalopolis, the god was represented with a ram's head, as described by Pausanias. The Greeks of Cyrenaica dedicated a chariot with a statue of Ammon at Delphi. Such was its reputation among classical Greeks that Alexander the Great traveled to the oracle after the battle of Issus and during his occupation of Egypt, where he was declared the son of Amun by the oracle. Alexander considered himself divine from then on. Even during this occupation, Amun, identified as a form of Zeus, remained the principal local deity of Thebes. This object is part of "Scan The World," a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory to create a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks, and landmarks for public access worldwide. Scan the World is an open-source community effort, where anyone can contribute interesting items from around the world by emailing stw@myminifactory.com. The object was scanned using photogrammetry technology (processed with Agisoft PhotoScan).