Philo of Byzantium, a pioneering Hellenistic engineer, revolutionized mechanics and automation in ancient Alexandria.

Greek intellectuals in the ancient library of Alexandria made a profound contribution to science and several other ...

In the midst of chaos, Hypatia gazes at the smoke-filled sky, unable to see the stars. Her city, Alexandria, is embroiled in conflict, with Governor Orestes locked in a bitter struggle against ...

Alexandria began a slow decline. In A.D. 364, the Roman Empire split in two, and Alexandria remained in the eastern portion, controlled by Constantinople (modern Istanbul). Around this time ...

It was taken out by an Alexandria-based Egypto-Roman entrepreneur ... from which the tax authorities of the Roman Empire were creaming off no less than 270 million. These revenues surpassed ...

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly reopened on Wednesday the Graeco-Roman Museum in the northern coastal city of Alexandria ... to the Byzantine Empire in the sixth century, it said.

The topics of display within the museum exhibition halls are varied, covering historical areas of the history of ancient Egypt in general and Alexandria in particular. The Greco-Roman Museum ...

Barbarian warriors who toppled the Roman Empire were high on hallucinogenic drugs at the time of their great conquests, according to researchers. The shocking conclusion has come from Polish ...

The Roman Empire may have left an amazing legacy — but men allegedly "geek out" about the period more often than expected. A recent TikTok trend prompted women to ask the men in their lives how ...