The official structure, stuffed with significant coins and Greek papyri, was likely later transformed into someone’s grave ...

Historical records indicate that "Alexander was growing increasingly despotic and paranoid," Doherty said. Arsenic may have been the poison of choice, Doherty noted, and Ptolemy I Soter ...

Based on ancient documents, experts know that Alexander the Great was initially buried in Memphis, Egypt, on the order of one of his generals, Ptolemy I Soter, in 321 B.C.E. By 300 B.C.E., his ...

AT the meeting on Monday of the Royal Geographical Society, Dr. H. Schlichter read a paper on “Ptolemy's Geography of Eastern Equatorial Africa.” Ptolemy, as a geographer, has received very ...

Ptolemy V was born into a great dynasty. The first Ptolemy was one of Alexander the Great's generals who, around a hundred years earlier, had taken over Egypt following Alexander's death.

Ptolemy V was born into a great dynasty. The first Ptolemy was one of Alexander the Great's generals who, around a hundred years earlier, had taken over Egypt following Alexander's death.