Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the biggest prize in the ancient world ... the winter of 48 BC in Egypt. There he met Cleopatra, the woman who would ...

among other odors Sarah Everts Some citizens and archaeologists are concerned about what they see as widespread "mismanagement" of Egypt's rich cultural heritage Eli Wizevich The discovery might ...

Stuck into the wall of a fort, it displayed three languages — and soon proved to be the key to deciphering the long-lost language of Egyptian hieroglyphics. Inscribed in 196 B.C.E., the so ...

Scientists thought its similarities to buildings from Ptolemaic Egypt — and the body found inside — meant it had been erected in memory of Cleopatra’s half sister, Arsinoë IV. Cleopatra ...

Since Greek was understood, the hieroglyphs could then be translated into modern European languages, so the Rosetta stone was the key to the hieroglyphic ... records of ancient Egypt give us ...

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

Conjuring up images of Ancient Egypt typically involves Hollywood ... second only to the Quetzalcóatl Pyramid in Mexico. The ...