Egypt
There are 605 items in Egypt:
An Amulet with the Name of Darius
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.An Amulet with the Name of Darius …
Antinoopolis, Coptic textile, Nilotic scene (including nilometer) |
Antinoopolis, Coptic textile, Praying man with candelaber and ankh |
Apis
Apis: the divine bull of the Egyptian capital Memphis, a manifestation of the god Ptah. Statuette of an Apis bull Already in…
Head of an Apis bull |
Plaque with a representation of the Apis |
Statuette of an Apis bull |
Apries
Apries: pharaoh of the Saite dynasty, ruler of Egypt from 589 to 567. Apries Egyptian names: Ha'a'ibra Wahibra Successor of: Psammetichus II Relatives father: Psammetichus II wife:…
Apries |
Archimedes' Screw (Boerhaave Museum, Leiden) |
Arrian on Alexander visits Siwa
In February 332, Alexander visited the oasis Siwah in the Libyan desert, where he consulted the oracle of Ammon. Nobody knows exactly what Alexander asked and what the god replied; but it is certain that Alexander started to think of…Arsinoe II
Arsinoe II (c.316-268): second wife of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, queen in the Ptolemaic Empire.Relatives Arsinoe II Father: Ptolemy I Soter Mother: Berenice I First…