Hellenistic
There are 1575 items in Hellenistic:
Cleopatra Berenice III
Cleopatra Berenice III (c.120-80): queen of the Ptolemaic Empire.Relatives Portrait of a Ptolemaic queen, perhaps Cleopatra Berenice III Father: Ptolemy IX Soter Mother:…Berenice IV
Berenice IV: queen of the Ptolemaic Empire, ruled from 58 to 55.Relatives Father: Ptolemy XII Auletes Mother: Cleopatra VI Tryphaena Main deeds c.76: Born 58: Rome annexes Cyprus; riots in Alexandria; king Ptolemy XII Auletes is forced to flee (September); the new rulers of Egypt…Berenice Phernephorus
Berenice Phernephorus (c.285-246): Ptolemaic princess, queen in the Seleucid Empire.Relatives Father: Ptolemy II Philadelphus Mother: Arsinoe II Husband: Antiochus II Theos Son: Antiochus Main deeds Born between 285 and 280 260: Outbreak of the Second Syrian War. The Seleucid king Antiochus II Theos fights against Ptolemy II Philadelphus 253:…Berlin, Bode-Museum
I am just back from a quick visit to Berlin. Although I had visited the city several times before, I had never been to the Bode-Museum. Stupid me: it is one of the most beautiful museums I’ve ever been to.…Berossus
Berossus (Akkadian Bêl-re'ušunu): Babylonian priest, who wrote a Greek history of Babylonia in the first half of the third century BCE. …Berytus (Beirut)
Berytus (Greek Βηρυτóς): town in Phoenicia, modern Beirut.Bronze and Iron Age Tyche, the "good fortune" of Beirut Beirut is a very ancient…Bes
Bes or Bisu: popular ancient deity, originally from Egypt. A relief of Bes from Karatepe The odd-looking gentleman on the picture to the…
A Hellenistic or Roman disk with the face of Bes |
Bethlehem
Bethlehem: town in Judaea, birthplace of Jesus of Nazareth.Bethlehem Bethlehem on the Madaba Map Already mentioned in the Amarna Letters (fourteenth century…Boston, Museum of Fine Arts
Fifth-largest museum of the United States, various collections. The Nubian collection is the largest outside Sudan. There are 12 items in Boston, Museum of Fine Arts: …Building Orders and Capitals
Building order: a style of (Graeco-Roman) building design. Reconstructed capital from Xanten Although there used to be complex rules to determine the…Bustan esh-Sheikh
Bustan esh-Sheikh: sanctuary, dedicated to Eshmun, near Sidon. The Greeks called it "the grove of Asclepius". Babylonian and Persian terraces Situated just…