Example sentences for: ptolemy

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  • A second inner pylon shows Ptolemy XIII paying homage to Isis who is flanked by her husband Osiris and Horus.

  • 1: Amalthea 5: A (u) stringer, 9: Excelsior 2: Meconic Ostringer 10: Edgar 3: Pone 6: Brevier 11: Berceuse 4: Hang Seng 7: Ptolemy 12: Fustanella 8: Ichor

  • The Persians were followed by Alexander the Great, after whom came two Greek generals Seleucus and Ptolemy, who brought Hellenistic control to the Eastern Mediterranean for some two centuries.

  • 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.

  • 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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