Egyptian Empire Was Built Around Cruelty, Skeletons With Iron Shackles Found in 2,300-Yr-Old Gold Mine Reveal Grim Reality ...

ALEXANDRIA Where could they go from there but down? By the time Cleopatra VII ascended the throne in 51 B.C. at age 18, the Ptolemaic empire was crumbling. The lands of Cyprus, Cyrene (eastern ...

and his position at the great port of Alexandria was highly favourable for work of that kind. Of course his methods were faulty, his fundamental data erroneous, and the observations with which he ...

Alexandria is the second largest city in Egypt ... It contains more than 40,000 objects, some dating back to the Ptolemaic era in the 3rd Century BCE. The museum was closed for renovations for ...

A recent archaeological discovery in Egypt’s Eastern Desert has revealed the harsh reality faced by miners during the Ptolemaic period. During excavations at the Ghozza site, a team of French ...