Mortal and fleeting, human life barely registers on the vast clock of the cosmos. Claudius Ptolemy believed Earth stood at the center of that universe, with the Moon, Sun, planets, and stars moving in ...
The ruins of a temple belonging to Ptolemy IV, the fourth pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt (221 – 204 BC), were unearthed during drilling to implement a sewage drainage project in Kom Shakau village in Tama ...
The exercise, which started earlier in September, saw special forces from both countries participating jointly for the first time. The Egyptian-Cypriot Ptolemy 2021 military exercise in Cyprus has ...
The Rosetta Stone is, inarguably, one of the most famous archaeological artifacts in the world. Shortly after it was uncovered by French Napoleonic troops in Egypt in 1799, it was seized by the ...
Two monumental pylons form the entryway to the temple of Isis at Philae, which was built by the pharaoh Ptolemy II beginning around 260 B.C. Reliefs on this pylon depict the pharaoh Ptolemy XII ...
Child: Ancient Egypt is so different from the Egypt of today. Why did they stop building pyramids and huge statues and temples? Abdul: Things have changed a great deal these last 700 years. My name is ...