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Ptolemy I Soter's library on the grounds of the Royal Palace thrived for 250 years. The bulk of it was believed destroyed by fire in 48 B.C. when Julius Caesar attacked Alexandria harbor in his ...

The great Library of Alexandria was founded at the beginning of the 3rd century BC by Ptolemy I Soter. At its peak it housed an impressive 900,000 manuscripts. It was not only a storehouse of books, ...

A militarily active king like his grandfather Ptolemy I, Ptolemy III expanded the Ptolemaic kingdom to include parts of Syria, Libya, and northern Nubia. The king himself led the Egyptian army in ...

What was the Great Library of Alexandria? Ancient Alexandria was founded in Egypt by Alexander the Great. Alexander's successor, Ptolemy I Soter, founded the library, which is believed to have ...

In particular, the Ptolemaic Kingdom, a dynasty founded after the death of Alexander the Great by his general Ptolemy I Soter, which began in 305 B.C. and continued until Rome’s conquest of ...

Catalogue of Demotic Papyri in the British Museum Vol. 1:A Theban Archive of the Reign of Ptolemy I, Soter. By Prof. S. R. K. Glanville. Pp. lii + 73 + 13 plates. (London:British Museum, 1939.) ...