The Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was a Greek engineering marvel that guided ships ...

On the side of the coin on the left is the head of a man facing right, wearing the skin from an elephant's head, trunk turned up and tusks protruding out, small dots surround the border. The other ...

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 ...

Antiochus I Soter was a Greek king of the Seleucid Empire. Antiochus succeeded his father Seleucus I Nicator in 281 BC and reigned during a period of instability which he mostly overcame until his ...

The idea of founding a library in Alexandria may have been proposed by Demetrius of Phalerum, an exiled Athenian statesman living in Alexandria, to the Pharaoh Ptolemy I Soter, but the Library itself ...

On the side of the coin on the left is a man's head facing right, with long curly tendrils of hair held in place with an ornamental headband, small dots surround the border. The other side of the coin ...

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

On Sunday, Oct. 27, BFA-Fairfax 8th grader Garrett Soter completed his undefeated season by winning the Vermont Middle School State Championship with a margin of three seconds. There were 230 runners ...

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The structure was commissioned by Ptolemy I some years after he ascended the Alexandrian throne in 305 B.C.E. He was taking over the reins from celebrated military leader Alexander the Great ...

Throughout the centuries, the mythical Stone Tower has been a fascinating enigma for geographers, historians, and archaeologists worldwide. This location is mentioned in Claudius Ptolemy’s Geography ...

Low-risk, inflation-linked I bonds may be worth considering. Interest earned in the previous six months is added to the bond’s principal. The Treasury sets new I bond interest rates in May and ...