Case file · Folklore / legend
Iskanderkul and Alexander's horse
Tajik legend says Alexander the Great's horse Bucephalus drowned in this mountain lake, and that on moonlit nights a white horse rises from the water.
329 BCE · 39.07, 68.37 · status: legend
The sceptical view
Bucephalus died in India in 326 BCE; the lake legend attaches a famous name to the place.