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The Diplomacy of Culture: The Vatican Library at the Islamic Arts Biennale
Eleven works from the Vatican Apostolic Library are featured in the second Islamic Arts Biennale, held from January 25 to May 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. They include ancient translations of the Quran ...
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Battle of Raphia: How Did It Reshape Ancient Syria?
For several decades the Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, two of the largest powers of the Hellenistic world, vied for control over Coele-Syria. From 271-241 BCE, three bloody ...
Greek Reporter4d
What Was Ancient Egypt Like Under Roman Rule?
Cleopatra, the last ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, was the last true pharaoh to ever rule Egypt. After her defeat by Octavian (Augustus Caesar), the Romans turned Egypt into a province of the Roman ...
Egypt Independent26d
Archaeologists uncover bust from the Ptolemaic era in Alexandria
The French archaeological mission from the University of Lyon and the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology in Cairo discovered the head of a marble statue of an elderly man from the Ptolemaic era ...
La Brújula Verde25d
A huge marble head of a monumental statue from the Ptolemaic period, found in a medieval house at Taposiris Magna
A French archaeological mission led by Dr. Joachim Le Bomin, in collaboration with the University of Lyon and the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (IFAO), uncovered a massive marble head ...
Wired24d
4 Things Apple Maps Does Better Than Google Maps
Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED It's totally understandable if you haven’t opened Apple Maps since its disastrous launch in 2012, which among other things saw people ...
Bloomberg L.P.28d
Trump’s ‘Canceled’ Empire Makes Comeback Rivaling Political Rise
Trump’s ‘Canceled’ Empire Makes Comeback Rivaling Political Rise Trump Organization is on deal spree, especially in Middle East Income from golf and resort properties soared 60% since 2016 ...
Daily Express29d
Archaeology breakthrough as scientists make huge Ancient Egypt discovery
Reigning from around 1479 to 1458BC, she was only the second confirmed queen regnant to ever rule over the empire ... Mes and part of the Assassif Ptolemaic Necropolis, where only high-ranking ...
La Brújula Verde25d
A Rare Boundary Stone from the Tetrarchy Period of the Roman Empire Contains Two Unknown Place Names
These measures not only optimized tax collection but also promoted stability in an increasingly vast and diverse empire. Map of Boundary stones in the northern Hula Valley. Credit: R. Sabar The ...
Greek Reporter12d
Cleopatra, The Greek Queen of Ancient Egypt
Credit: Public Domain Cleopatra VII Philopater ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt. After her death, the Roman Empire took control of the ...
Wall Street Journal27d
In a New Age of Empire, Great Powers Aim to Carve Up the Planet
In 1945, the victorious Allied powers gathered in San Francisco to draft a charter for the United Nations, the foundation of a new global order that would make another world war impossible. The ...