The statue was found at Taposiris Magna, an archaeological site where some researchers suspect Cleopatra and Mark Antony are ...

The marble head, measuring 38 centimeters in height, depicts an elderly, bald man with a wrinkled face showing signs of ...

The pylon dates back to the Ptolemaic period in Egypt, which lasted between 305 BCE and 30 BCE. Following the beginning of the reign of Ptolemy I Soter, one of Alexander the Great's generals ...

A huge discovery has been made in the area of Ancient Egypt where Tutankhamun was found after unknown tombs and burial shafts ...

Claudius Ptolemy was a Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer who lived in the Egyptian city of Alexandria while under the rule of the Roman Empire. Much of medieval astronomy and ...

Archaeologists have discovered multiple artifacts depicting ancient Greek deities in the ancient city of Finziade in Sicily.

During this dynasty, Egypt was ruled by Ptolemy I Soter I, a general of Alexander the Great who took over part of the empire following the Macedonian king's death. But dwarves in Egyptian culture ...

head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector, highlighted the statue’s artistic quality, emphasizing the precision and realism of ...

in the line of Cleopatras to rule Egypt in 193-30 B.C. Their claims to power rested on blood—and nomenclature. The kings they reigned alongside were, equally unoriginally, all named Ptolemy.

We're in Egypt, with Ptolemy V, a Greek boy-king who came to the throne as an orphan in 205 BC, at the age of six. Ptolemy V was born into a great dynasty. The first Ptolemy was one of Alexander ...

In November, Egyptian and American archaeologists excavated an ancient tomb with 11 sealed burials near Luxor. The tomb, which dates to the Middle Kingdom, was found in the South Asasif necropolis, ...