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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

Archaeologists recently uncovered intriguing artifacts in an excavation in Egypt, including golden "tongues" and "nails," ...

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 tombs that the team identified recently date specifically to the Ptolemaic period. The Ptolemaic dynasty was a royal family of Macedonian Greek origin that ruled Egypt after Alexander the ...

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