The city of Thônis-Heracleion was once Egypt's largest port on the Mediterranean Sea, controlling trade for centuries before ...
What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?
Sayadin” or The Fishermen’s Village, is best known for its vibrant fishing industry, featuring a bustling fish market and a ...
The origins of the Library of Alexandria are still debated by historians, but it was likely established around 295 B.C.E. during the reign of Ptolemy I — and it was the center of knowledge in the ...
The statue was found at Taposiris Magna, an archaeological site where some researchers suspect Cleopatra and Mark Antony are ...
Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.
Scientists thought a tomb with similarities to buildings from Ptolemaic Egypt had been erected in memory of Cleopatra’s half sister, Arsinoë IV.
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 ...
Some citizens and archaeologists are concerned about what they see as widespread "mismanagement" of Egypt's rich cultural ... link between the blue pigment's ancient Egyptian roots and its ...