Some 2,300 years ago, the city of Alexandria was created and would go on to shape the face of the ancient world. As Egypt's entryway into the Mediterranean, the city sat at the confluence of antiquity ...

Curated by Eugenio La Rocca (Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University Sapienza in Rome) and co-curated by Annalisa Lo Monaco (historian graduated from the University of Pisa, Italy), the ...

Spices, often overlooked, played a pivotal role in shaping Ancient Greek civilization. From the bustling markets of Athens to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In 130 ce, Hadrian and Sabina traveled to Egyptian Thebes. Inscriptions on the Memnon colossus document the royal visit, including fifty-four ...

Archeologists work in the ruins of the temple of Zeus Kasios, a deity that merges the Greek god and Mount Kasios. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Zeus, Greek mythology’s god of the sky, ...