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Map of the Third Intermediate Period
A map showing the political divisions in ancient Egypt during the Third intermediate Period, about 730 BC. The rulers of the 22nd and 23rd Dynasties ruled simultaneously, alongside Libyan chieftains controlling most of the Delta.
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Map of Roman Africa
Nothern Africa under Roman rule. From H.Kiepert (1879), Historischer Schulatlas.
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Poverty Point
Map of the Poverty Point archaeological site, Louisiana.
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Alexander The Great and Roxane
Alexander The Great and Roxane (1756) by Pietro Antonio Rotari (1707–1762). Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Map of Ancient Egypt from 1742 CE
Celarius, 1742.
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Rachel Weisz as Hypatia of Alexandria
Hypatia of Alexandria, played by Rachel Weisz in the motion picture Agora (2009).
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Khirokitia
The first Cypriots mostly lived in Khirokitia, a small village near the modern town of Limassol.
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Heraclitus of Ephesos
Heraclitus of Ephesos, painting from the 17th century by Johannes Moreelse.
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Map of Colchis
Detail from the map “Bosporus, Maeotis, Iberia, Albania et Sarmatia Asiatica “ by CHRISTOPHORUS CELLARIUS (1638-1707), from the book “Notitiae Orbis Antiqui sive Geographiae Plenioris Tomus Alter Asiam et Africam“, printed in Leipzig by Gleditschi...
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Ptolemy I Soter
Bust of Ptolemy I Soter, king of Egypt (305 BC–282 BC) and founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty. The identification is based upon coin effigies.
