When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BCE, he signaled the beginning of the era of Ptolemaic rule. His general ...

In new book 'The Jew Who Would Be King,' historian Adam Rovner tells the story of Nathaniel Isaacs, who survived a shipwreck ...

The 1949 Armistice Agreements were signed between Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria and were part of the end to Israel's 1948 war. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun attends a joint press conference ...

Recent archaeological discoveries in Egypt are revealing new details about life under Pharaoh Akhenaten, offering a rare glimpse into a city frozen in time. More than 3,000 years ago, Pharaoh ...

The last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt, Cleopatra is also considered to be the last pharaoh of Egypt before it fell in the hands of the Roman Empire. Born in 69 BC, Cleopatra was a ...

Now we get the Answer in four sub-Answers. Here is the English translation: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt and the Eternal our God brought us out from there with a strong hand and an ...

Desperate to retain his kingship, Ptolemy asked Caesar and Pompey to recognise him as Egypt’s legal ruler and a comrade and ally of Rome. This they did, for the price of 6,000 talents – an enormous ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

SHARJAH, 17th August, 2015 (WAM)--H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has sent a condolence cable to President of Egypt, Abdel Fatah el-Sisi, on ...