The first phase of the restoration of Alexandria’s Antoniadis Gardens, one of the oldest in the world, has recently concluded, writes Dina Al-Mahdy A historical monument listed in the Alexandria ...

A project is underway to reconstruct the lighthouse as a 3-D computer model ...

An ancient skyscraper considered the seventh wonder of the world crumbled to ruin centuries ago. Now an ambitious archaeological project aims to reassemble it in 3-D.

After Alexander the Great’s death in 323 BC his generals vied for control of the vast territories of his empire. Among them were Ptolemy I Soter, founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt, and ...

Inside this book, you'll find all of the information you need for fighting the campaigns of Pyrrhus of Epirus. There will be, as always, a wealth of historical background information covering Pyrrhus, ...

HEART transplants are a recent phenomenon. Stomach transplants have yet to be attempted. (Gluttons are counting the days.) Head transplants, however have been practised for millennia, especially when ...

Cleopatra VII stands as one of history's most legendary rulers, yet she was not ethnically Egyptian. As a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was of Macedonian Greek descent, tracing her roots ...

Ptolemy I, one of the surviving generals of Alexander the Great, became satrap and eventually pharaoh of Egypt, but he had to employ spin doctors to recreate an impressive ancestry related to ...

Although its great boom occurred in the 16th century, the drive to travel the known world and discover new lands was something that already existed in Antiquity, and for that reason we have accounts ...