Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

The artifacts, which included amulets and a sculpture, smelled like earth when they spilled out of his suitcases, according ...

Scientists thought a tomb with similarities to buildings from Ptolemaic Egypt had been erected in memory of Cleopatra’s half sister, Arsinoë IV.

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

Dating to the Ptolemaic period, Taposiris Magna is a rich archaeological site on Egypt's northern coast. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists debate whether this bust found ...

Archaeologists discovered more than a dozen mummies older than 2,000 years with tongues made from golden amulets. Ancient Egyptians’ idea behind the golden tongues was that they would help the ...

2,000 year old mummies have been unearthed as more than a dozen found with rare tongues made from golden amulets.

the Seleucid kingdom, and the Ptolemaic kingdom which survived in Egypt, which was finally taken over by Rome in 31 B.C. And what was the language and culture of the Hellenistic world? The ...

Continue reading Cleopatra herself is thought to have ordered the murder of her younger sister, who briefly challenged her place on the Ptolemaic dynasty’s throne and lived much of her short ...