The Ptolemaic Dynasty, to which she belonged, was founded by Ptolemy I Soter, one of the four generals of Alexander the Great (Ptolemy, Cassander, Seleucus, and Antigonus). This family, of Macedonian ...

The discovery has been described as a “geometric miracle” and could finally lead to some answers about one of Ancient Egypt’s ...

Alexander the Great and Craterus in a lion hunt, mosaic from Pella ... The First War of the Diadochi set the precedent for the conflicts that would follow. In these wars, key figures such as Ptolemy, ...

Two years later, in 31 BC, the combined armies of Antony and Cleopatra took on Octavian’s forces in a great sea battle at Actium ... twins Cleopatra Selene and Alexander Helios were ten, while Ptolemy ...

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

Through the lens of blind ambition and the fluidity of identity, Stone crafts an introspective portrait of Alexander the Great, not as a conventional hero ... Olympias and Anthony Hopkins as Ptolemy.

At the edge of Egypt’s vast Eastern Desert, archaeologists have unearthed haunting evidence of an ancient dark history — ...

He also reigned for more than 60 years, dying in 1213 B.C. Ptolemy I Soter was a general of Alexander the Great and started the last dynasty of Egypt — the Ptolemies, which included Cleopatra ...

Kings and Generals continues its animated documentary series on the Ancient World and Greece, now covering the Wars of the Diadochi after Alexander the Great’s death. As his generals fought for ...