Gold was extracted from Egyptian mines through forced labor to finance the wars and expansion of the ancient kingdom.

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 ...

In this new effort, he focuses most specifically on the Ptolemaic period, which arose after the country was conquered by Alexander the Great in 332 BC. Among other things, this period was known ...