Category: Travel Writing
The Land and the Waters 5 Pharos, Rhakotis, Canopus 6 Alexander the Great 8 The Foundation Plan 9 The First Three Ptolemies 11 The Ptolemaic City 16 The Later Ptolemies 21 Cleopatra 23 Ptolemaic Culture: 28 Literature 29 Scholarship 34 Art 35 Philosophy 36 Science 36
_The Square_ (officially, Place Mohammed Ali; formerly Place des Consuls; known to cabmen as “Menschieh” from the adjoining Police Station) was laid out by Mohammed Ali as the c...
7. d. 80 Berenice III| | +──+─────────────────────+ | | | | Cleopatra-Berenice | PTOLEMY XI | King (Alexander II) 80 | m. his stepmother and cousin | Cleopatra-Berenice III | End of Legitimate branc...
3. PART I.Ages ago, before there was civilization in Egypt, or the delta of the Nile had been formed, the whole of the country as far south as Cairo lay under the sea. The shores of this...
2. PART II: GUIDE.De Moncony’s View (1665): _Frontispiece._ Alexandria: Historical Map: 98 Genealogical Tree of Ptolemies: 12 The World according to Eratosthenes: 37 The World according to Claudi...
1. PART I: HISTORY.The Land and the Waters 5 Pharos, Rhakotis, Canopus 6 Alexander the Great 8 The Foundation Plan 9 The First Three Ptolemies 11 The Ptolemaic City 16 The Later Ptolemies 21 Cleop...
6. m. Cleopatra II his sister King (Euergetes II), 145Reigns with his brother, 170 m. (i) Cleopatra II their sister | (ii) Cleopatra III his niece | | +──────────────────────────────+ | | | | PTOLEMY VIII Cleopatra | King (Eupator)...
4. m. Berenice I5. m. Cleopatra I of Syria