The official structure, stuffed with significant coins and Greek papyri, was likely later transformed into someone’s grave ...

After conquering Egypt, Greek and Macedonian military leaders took power and made Alexandria a center of commerce and ...

It’s a chilling glimpse into the brutal conditions endured by miners during Egypt’s gold rush under the Ptolemaic dynasty more than two thousand years ago. The shackles, dating back to the 3rd ...

According to IAA, which is excavating with help from volunteers, the pyramidal edifice dates to when the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty and Greek Seleucid dynasty ruled Israel. At some point ...

No fewer than seven Queen Cleopatras ruled ancient Egypt during the Ptolemaic period, as a new book explains. Everyone will be familiar with the story of Cleopatra, ancient Egypt’s last ...

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Egypt goes from glory to disaster in this lively history of the Ptolemaic Dynasty. Egyptologist Wilkinson (Ramesses the Great) begins with Alexander the Great’s conquest of Egypt in 332 BCE and ...

The Department of Antiquities of the State of Libya and the Cleveland Museum of Art have agreed to a transfer of a statue ...

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The artifacts reveal the harsh working conditions in ancient Egyptian gold mines under the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

and almost 30 new papyri in Greek and Demotic (the second to last stage of the Egyptian language). To learn more about this and other new mummy portraits from Philadelphia, go here Ancient ...