Archaeologists uncovered ancient military fortifications from Ptolemaic and Roman eras in Egypt's Tell Abu Sefeh, revealing strategic defenses that protected Egypt's eastern frontier.

Cleopatra herself is thought to have ordered the murder of her younger sister, who briefly challenged her place on the Ptolemaic dynasty’s throne and lived much of her short life in exile before ...

L ibya recovered an ancient statue from the Ptolemaic era that had been displayed in the Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio, after being smuggled out of the country during World War II. An official ...

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 ...

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 1609, the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei upended the Earth-centered Ptolemaic view of the universe by determining that the planets circled the sun based on observations made with an early ...

A statue discovered at Cleopatra's tomb allegedly reveals the Egyptian queen's true face. An Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission in collaboration with the National University Pedro ...

Cairo, Nov 23 (IANS) A joint Egyptian-German archeological mission discovered a temple dating to the Ptolemaic period, which spanned from 332 BC to 3. Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT.

The 2,200-year-old Ptolemaic Dynasty-era statue was believed to have been looted during World War II from a museum now located in eastern Libya. Credit: Cleveland Museum of Art.

It appears that on June 16, 1633, Pope Urban VIII, ordered Galileo, the prisoner, to be interrogated as to his object in publishing his dialogues on the Ptolemaic and Copernican systems ...

Scientists thought a tomb with similarities to buildings from Ptolemaic Egypt had been erected in memory of Cleopatra’s half sister, ... View 3 more stories View 3 more stories. Sign up.