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 a study published March 13 in the journal Antiquity, Redon detailed the rare discovery of shackles at Ghozza, the ...

This Press Release includes an image that has been added FORT MYERS, FL / ACCESS Newswire / March 13, 2025 / Ptolemy, a ...

The Ptolemaic Dynasty, established by the Macedonian Greek general Ptolemy I Soter, ruled Egypt for almost three centuries.

The ancient Egyptians sure loved gold, and it seems they saw human suffering as a small price to pay for the precious metal.

Claudius Ptolemy was a Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer who lived in the Egyptian city of Alexandria while under the rule of the Roman Empire. Much of medieval astronomy and ...

AT the meeting on Monday of the Royal Geographical Society, Dr. H. Schlichter read a paper on “Ptolemy's Geography of Eastern Equatorial Africa.” Ptolemy, as a geographer, has received very ...

As the days get longer and the weather warms up, a new Glendale gallery invites visitors to daydream about outdoor bike rides ...

Ptolemy was not the first classical author to describe Central Europe, and the territory of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia in particular. The importance of his work is rather concerned with a list of ...

Another was a Roman geographer called Ptolemy who wrote a description of Britain, listing the names of the many British tribes. The Vacomagi lived in and around the Cairngorns. Other unknown ...

Suddenly left without his trusted caretaker, Ptolemy Grey is assigned to the care of orphaned teenager Robyn. When they learn about a treatment that will restore Ptolemy’s dementia-addled ...

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey is a six-part drama, written by Walter Mosely and based on his novel of the same name. Ptolemy, who is played by Samuel L Jackson ...