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

A groundbreaking new analysis by researchers at the University of Vienna reveals a 'big surprise - and a remarkable case of ...

Depending on who you ask, the capital is either a crime-sodden hellhole or a tourist-tempting honeypot. So which is it?

Scientists have learned that a skull that long-believed to be that of Cleopatra’s sister Arsinoë IV actually belonged to a ...

Ptolemy, the last king of Mauretania, which included parts of modern-day Morocco, was executed by Roman Emperor Caligula in ...

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Archaeologists excavating the temple there found a relief showing King Ptolemy VIII (reign circa 170 to 116 B.C.) offering sacrifices to the lion-headed goddess Repit and her son Kolanthes.

The year’s most exciting discoveries included musket balls fired in the early days of the American Revolution, a lost composition by Mozart and a medieval chess piece Fascinating finds unveiled ...

According to this tradition, Cleopatra was probably married to her ten-year-old brother Ptolemy XIII when their father died and they became co-rulers of Egypt. Left: a Roman sculpture of Cleopatra VII ...

The Ptolemaic dynasty originating from Ptolemy Soter I, ruled Alexandria for almost three centuries. The last member of this imperial dynasty was none other than the infamous Cleopatra VII. During ...

Philae templs was built by King Ptolemy VI and extended during the reigns of Ptolemy VII and Roman emperors Augustus and Tiberius. The temple consists of a colonnaded kiosk bearing 14 Hathor ...