An international conference on the origins of galaxies pays tribute to the pioneering scientific cooperation between Muslims, ...

A land or body of water can hold diverse meanings. The Persian Gulf, for example, is a vital waterway for global oil ...

Ptolemy's general account of the Nile lakes is sufficiently accurate to show that he wrote from positive information. Otherwise, as Signer De Filippi remarks, he must have been gifted with ...

When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BCE, he signaled the beginning of the era of Ptolemaic rule. His general Ptolemy established the Ptolemaic dynasty that would govern the vast lands of ...

As Radiohead and the RSC launch an innovative reinterpretation of Hamlet, a visit to the play's setting in Denmark brings a new dimension to the tragedy. There's a cold wind blowing from the ...

It might come as no surprise, then that among the books he’s recommended is I, Claudius by British writer Robert Graves - a compelling portrait of ancient Rome and a reflection on the use - and ...

One of the most powerful dramas ever commissioned by the BBC. A star-studded cast - including Derek Jacobi as Claudius, John Hurt as Caligula, and Brian Blessed as Augustus - all give five-star ...

Now researchers have managed to recover the text written by Ptolemy on a parchment that suffered such a previous recovery attempt. Outermost six rings of the meteoroscope, not to scale.

In fact, she belonged to a line of rulers that descended from Ptolemy I. A general and historian, Ptolemy had traveled to Egypt with Alexander the Great. There, Ptolemy set himself up as the king ...

In the late 50s and into the 40s B.C., Cleopatra competed with her siblings – two brothers, both named Ptolemy, and her sister, Arsinoe – to rule Egypt. After 18-year-old Cleopatra married her 10-year ...