A few decades later, accounts by Greek geographer Strabo suggest Ptolemy IV Philopator, the fourth pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt ...

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This hallmark of Hellenistic art underscores Taposiris Magna’s importance during the reign of Ptolemy IV (221–204 B.C.) as a cultural and political hub. The marble head’s presence in a medieval house ...

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 ...

Abdel-Badie added that the studies indicate the statue was of a prominent public figure and not a king, which indicates the importance of the site of Taposiris Magna from Ptolemy IV onwards. The head ...