Alexander the Great created a mighty empire that stretched from the Balkans to Egypt and as far east as India, establishing the Hellenistic period. The empire was a creation of a brave man with vision, leaving behind generals and...
Cleopatra VII Philopator is one of the most famous figures of antiquity, but few people are familiar with the fascinating history of her ancestors.
The Ptolemaic Dynasty, to which she belonged, was founded by Ptolemy I Soter, one of the...
The Lighthouse of Alexandria, the last standing of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was an engineering marvel that served to guide ships to the port city.
It was completed in the 3rd century BC during the reign of...
The ancient Greek period in Jerusalem lasted from 332 to 152 BC following the death of Alexander the Great and the dividing of his empire by his generals, the so-called diadochi.
Alexander's successors imposed the Hellenistic culture on their new...
In 2017, when the ruins of an ancient Greek gymnasium were discovered in an oasis of a desert in Egypt, archaeologists said that it was the first of its kind.
The Watfa gymnasium that was used to train young Greek-speaking...
