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.

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

  • The Ptolemaic era came to an end with its most famous ruler, Queen Cleopatra.

  • Off El Hurriya Street you’ll find the Neo-Classical façade of the Greco-Roman Museum with a fine collection of both Roman, Greek, and Ptolemaic artifacts found around the city and under the waters of the harbor, along with many ancient Egyptian pieces.

  • Rooms 40 and 41 display artifacts from Egypt covering every era of history in the land of the Pharaohs, including the Ptolemaic period when Ptolemy (a general under Alexander the Great, and therefore of Greek descent) took control of Egypt.


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