What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

As custodians of ancient wisdom, Egyptian priests explored ritual, science, philosophy, metaphysics, and spirituality unlike other cultures.

In this two-part article, the author presents an overview of what various ancient textual artifacts “remember” about the earliest loan closings ...

In the 19th century, preserved bodies were not only ceremonially unveiled; owning one became a status symbol. “It would be ...