Following Alexander's death in 323 BCE, Ptolemy played a pivotal role in the partitioning of the vast empire, eventually ...

This is a quiet month for video game releases, as January tends to be, but there’s at least one approaching asteroid ...

I dimly remember the actor Richard Griffiths commanding the small screen as a shaven-headed Ptolemy VIII (‘Potbelly’). The series posed as a palace drama akin to the BBC’s earlier I, Claudius. Despite ...

The limestone sphinx with its "smiley face and two dimples" is thought to represent Roman Emperor Claudius. It is much smaller than the famous Sphinx in the Pyramids of Giza, which is 20m (66ft ...