Today, nearly 1,000 Fayum paintings exist in collections in Egypt ... a sprawling oasis region 150 miles south of Alexandria. Excavating a vast cemetery from the first and second centuries A.D ...

Hypatia of Alexandria, born in the 4th century in the Roman Empire, was one of the most intellectual and respected female ...

The discoveries are transforming vague legends about Alexandria into proof of its profound influence on the ancient world. “I’m not interested in mysteries, but in evidence,” Empereur says ...

At the dawn of the Common Era, the Egyptian city of Alexandria boasted the greatest library of the ancient world. It would last only until 30 BC, when Cleopatra had her fatal encounter with the ...