Cleopatra VII Philopator was an astute ruler who used her charms to win over the most powerful men in the ancient world as ...
Ancient military fortifications dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras of Egyptian history were recently uncovered by archaeologists. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced ...
The marble head dates to Egypt's Ptolemaic period (305 to 30 B.C.E.), but it was found in a seventh-century C.E. house. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities As a team of French archaeologists ...
“Gilded Coffin of the Priest Nedjemankh,” Late Ptolemaic Period (150-50 BCE) cartonnage, gold, silver, resin, glass, wood (image courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art) Opulence in Ancient Egypt may ...
Egyptian temple culture was thought to be declining in the Ptolemaic era, after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. Nothing could be further from the truth, says Egyptologist Carina van den ...
A Ptolemaic tomb that was built for a man named Tutu and his wife has now been discovered in Egypt. Egypt’s never ending gifts from the old-world continues with this all new discovery. The tomb was ...
Update, July 20, 2018: Archaeologists appointed by Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities have opened the sealed black granite sarcophagus that has had the internet abuzz since news of its discovery was ...
A joint Egyptian-German archaeological mission, composed of members from the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the University of Tübingen, has successfully unearthed a complete Ptolemaic temple ...
The Egyptian archaeological mission operating in the Haridi region of Sohag and affiliated to the Supreme Council of Antiquities, discovered a checkpoint and an observation point dating back to the ...
Twenty-three hundred years ago, when Euclid and Archimedes wandered Alexandria, and Cleopatra's family controlled the Egyptian throne, revolts and territorial disputes were common. These uprisings ...
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See the Haunting Stone Face of a Ptolemaic Statue Unearthed Near the Ancient Egyptian City of Alexandria
As a team of French archaeologists excavated a seventh-century C.E. dwelling at Taposiris Magna, an ancient city located ...
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