Example sentences for: ptolemaic

How can you use “ptolemaic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • From the ticket office you enter the temple complex through a colossal pylon, one of the most recent structures at the site and the largest constructed anywhere in Egypt during the Ptolemaic period.

  • The Ptolemaic Period

  • Then, after Alexander’s death in 323 b.c. , Cleomenes took control of the country under the name Ptolemy I. The new city of Alexandria, located on the Mediterranean coast, became the base for the Ptolemaic control of Egypt and the cultural capital of Europe, and Thebes finally lost its influence.

  • It was a major center of female deity worship in Upper Egypt at the time and the Ptolemaic Queen Cleopatra worshipped here.

  • Reliefs depict Ptolemaic Pharaohs worshipping Horus, and the interior carvings of their food offerings are especially impressive.


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