Explore Antiochus III's campaigns, from battling revolts in Media and Persia to his epic conquests during the Fourth Syrian ...

Nabataeans established a mysterious, ancient kingdom and had a reputation for great accomplishments with links to Greece and ...

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The Ptolemaic Kingdom or Ptolemaic Empire was an Ancient Greek polity based in Egypt during the Hellenistic period. It was founded in 305 BC by the Macedonian general Ptolemy I Soter, a companion of ...

Much later, following the breakup of the Roman Empire, Petra became a provincial ... such as the Seleucids to the north and the Ptolemaic kings of Egypt. It came as no surprise to Burckhardt ...

Around the time of Christ, when Romans controlled much of the known world, the Jews' desire for a deliverer was at a high ...

At a time when the passage of time was dictated by the movement of the sun and the seasons, the introduction of “clock time” ...

Khaled explained that this sacred event showed the city residents a rare glimpse of the god’s shrine, manifesting the religious rituals practised at the temple during the Ptolemaic era.

The excavation work has focused on the sacred area. Four sanctuaries have been brought to light, dating from the Ptolemaic ...

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