The Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was a Greek engineering marvel that guided ships ...

An excavation at the Tell Abu Sefeh site in Egypt revealed sophisticated military fortifications from the Ptolemaic and Roman ...

Key facts Full name: Claudius Ptolemy Born: 100AD, Egypt, Roman Empire Died: 170 AD, Alexandria, Egypt, Roman Empire Claudius Ptolemy was a 2nd century Greek mathematician, astronomer and ...

We're in Egypt, with Ptolemy V, a Greek boy-king who came to the throne as an orphan in 205 BC, at the age of six. Ptolemy V was born into a great dynasty. The first Ptolemy was one of Alexander ...

Lawrence University & Buerger Coin Collection Gold Octodrachm of Ptolemy III Euergetes... Gold Octodrachm of Ptolemy III Euergetes, Egypt, 27.81 g. Ptolemy III Euergetes (Benefactor) carried on ...

The collection includes sarcophagus lids, a Greco-Roman portrait and fragments of what is believed to be a temple of Queen Hatshepsut.