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 ...

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 ...