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Description	The Alexander-Heraclius Stele with horns discovered in excavations led by Dr. Eleni Procopiou at Katalymata ton Plakoton, an Early Byzantine site within the Akrotiri Peninsula on Cyprus
Author or copyright owner	Department of Antiquities Cyprus (photo) and Charles A. Stewart (drawing)
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Charles A. Stewart in “A Byzantine Image of Alexander: Literature in Stone,” Report of the Department of Antiquities Cyprus 2017 (Nicosia 2018): 1-45 cited by Professor Shaun W. Anthony of Ohio State University on https://twitter.com/shahanSean/status/1235951120939454464
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Hypotheses about the identity of Dhu al-Qarnayn
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	To support encyclopedic discussion of this work in this article. The illustration is specifically needed to support the following point(s): Horns used to depict Alexander, contemporaneously with the Qur'an
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	n.a.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Photo and reconstruction necessary to clearly show the horns on the stele, discussed in the article.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	n.a.
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:00, 9 March 2021		424 × 235 (119 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	12:59, 8 March 2021	No thumbnail	638 × 354 (297 KB)	Gamma737 (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free work, as object of commentary using File Upload Wizard

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Theories about Alexander the Great in the Quran

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