| | Timeline | p. ix |
| | Introduction: Ghosts in Ruins | p. 1 |
| | The Cloak of Immortality | p. 5 |
| | Death and Dying in Babylon | p. 17 |
| | Stealing the Body and the Memphis Tomb | p. 33 |
| | Who Moved Alexander's Corpse? | p. 49 |
| | The Alexandrian Mausoleum | p. 63 |
| | Ancient Visitors | p. 79 |
| | The Tomb Disappears | p. 95 |
| | The Two-Horned Lord and Medieval Whispers | p. 113 |
| | Napoleon, Nelson, and Alexander's Ghost | p. 129 |
| | Archaeologists, Maps, and Tombs | p. 147 |
| | Alabaster, Fantasy, and Ancient Walls | p. 163 |
| | Politics of the Dead | p. 177 |
| | The Eternal Quest | p. 191 |
| | Afterlife | p. 201 |
| | Dramatis Personae | p. 207 |
| | Glossary | p. 229 |
| | Acknowledgments | p. 247 |
| | Notes | p. 249 |
| | Bibliography | p. 269 |
| | Index | p. 281 |