After the conquests of Alexander the Great in Egypt, the Ptolemaic dynasty established Alexandria, the jewel of the ...

IN my review of the Salusbury translation of Galileo's “Dialogue”, revised by Giorgio de Santillana, in Nature of September 7, I wrote that this was the first modern edition of the work in the ...

An entrance to what may have once been a sanctuary was found by researchers among the cliffs of Athribis in a small Egyptian village near present-day Sohag, roughly 124 miles north of Luxor ...

Owing to her purported beauty and allure, even today, many wonder how Cleopatra VII dressed, styled her hair, and wore her ...

MORE than a dozen Egyptian mummies embellished with gold tongues and fingernails have been uncovered by archaeologists. Surrounded by ancient amulets, the colourful 2,000-year-old tombs were found ...

Kathleen Martinez, uncovered new artifacts and ceremonial objects from the late Ptolemaic period. One of the most significant is a white marble statue of a woman adorned with a royal crown ...

The main temple at the ancient city of Taposiris Magna has been suggested as the possible resting place of Cleopatra VII.

The Ptolemaic period in Egypt, from 305BCE to 30BCE, was a time when the country was ruled by a Greek dynasty founded by Ptolemy I Soter, one of Alexander the Great's generals.

The finds, which include statues, coins, and pottery, shed new light on the history of the site during the late Ptolemaic period, the ministry said in a statement. The mission, led by Kathleen ...

Egyptologists are arguing whether a bust just found at Taposiris Magna actually depicts the famed empress Cleopatra VII.

A team of Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 13 ancient mummies with golden tongues and fingernails in a cemetery at the site of Oxyrhynchus.

The University of Leicester is going to be analysing the remains of birds that lived more than 2,000 years ago ...