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.

When Cleopatra VII and Mark Anthony closed their eyes for the last time, passing through to their longed-for afterlife, among the successors were their three orphans: Alexander Helios, Cleopatra ...

Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BC and after his death, his empire was divided. In 305 BC Egypt fell to his general Ptolemy I Soter. The Ptolemaic Dynasty was a powerful Hellenistic state ...

The last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt, Cleopatra is also considered to be the last pharaoh of Egypt before it fell in the hands of the Roman Empire. Born in 69 BC, Cleopatra was a ...

During the turbulent aftermath of Cleopatra's defeat by Octavian, young Caesarion faced a tragic fate. Born Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar, Caesarion was the son of Julius Caesar and ...

The head of a Greek statue that belongs to the Ptolemaic dynasty was uncovered near Alexandria, Egypt. Bust of Ptolemy I Soter is depicted in the Hellenistic style (left) and Egyptian style (right).

Ptolemy I Soter was a Macedonian general and companion of Alexander the Great who rose to prominence as one of Alexander's closest allies. Following Alexander's death in 323 BCE, Ptolemy played a ...

A new app called Death Clock predicts the date of its users’ deaths and offers tips on how to push that date back. Naturally, I had to try it myself. The questionnaire started with basics like age and ...

When the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt was completed in the 3rd century B.C.E., most wouldn’t have been able to glimpse the peak of the gargantuan tower, but all could see its light. The structure ...

Upon the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, one of his generals, Ptolemy, gained control of Egypt. How did he and his "foreign" successors from the West manage to establish dominance over this ...

Social Security may provide a one-time $255 death benefit to your loved ones when you die. But that amount has not changed in 70 years. A new bill has been introduced in the Senate to raise that ...