Nectanebo II never did use this sarcophagus, and tradition had long associated it with Alexander the Great. Chugg suggests ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the head of a Ptolemaic period Greek statue at the ruins of a 7th-century AD house in Taposiris Magna ...

January happens to be the birth month of Cleopatra, who arguably tops the list of the most fascinating women in history. She was not the first queen or power figure in Egypt—there were Sobekneferu, ...

Snake bracelets from Egypt's Roman Period dating to the first century. THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART IN NEW YORK In 332 BC, ...

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART IN NEW YORK In 332 BC, Alexander the Great conquered Egypt during ... came under the rule of his general Ptolemy I, marking the start of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.

Archaeologists have made a major find which "reconstructs history" in the region of Egypt where Tutankhamun was found. The ...

They were unearthed at the causeway of Pharaoh Hatshepsut's funerary temple at Deir al-Bahri on the Nile's West Bank.

Artifacts found at the tombs included bronze coins with the image of Alexander the Great dating to the Time of Ptolemy I (367-283), children's toys made of clay, cartonnage and funerary masks that ...