By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be ...

What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

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A few decades later, accounts by Greek geographer Strabo suggest Ptolemy IV Philopator, the fourth pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt and the great-grandson of ... It was kind of a miracle." Topographical ...

BCE, two titans of the Hellenistic world clashed in one of the ancient world’s largest battles to decide the fate of Coele-Syria (modern Syria and Lebanon). The Battle of Raphia saw the Seleucid king ...

She is a mythical figure of ancient history: discover the secrets of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, with the exhibition "Le mystère Cléopâtre", presented at the Institut du Monde Arabe from June 11 ...

Alexandria is a city in northern Egypt on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the second largest city in Egypt and is the largest city on the coast of the Mediterranean. It is named after ...

Prior to the region’s decline in the 7th century A.D, caused by the Arab conquest, Ptolemais was founded by the Ptolemaic dynasty in the 3rd century B.C. The region is well-known for its ...

As a trade supervisor, he spoke frequently with merchants, studied maps, and examine a multitude of foreign goods ... the Arabic name for Alexandria. Egypt is likewise referred to by the unfamiliar ...

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