In 332 B.C., the ever-ambitious Alexander the Great, fresh from his triumphs in the Levant, swept into Egypt like a storm with sunshine at its centre. Egypt, weary under Persian rule, did not resist him. Quite the opposite; he was welcomed as a liberator. To the Egyptians, Alexander was not merely a foreign conqueror, but...
The conglomerate sarcophagus of Nectanebo II was discovered after being used as a bath in the Attarin Mosque, the former Church of St Athanasius, in Alexandria, Egypt. Drill holes at the bottom of the coffin, used for drainage, had been installed and are still very noticeable. Unfortunately, due to it being used as a bath,...
This is a scene you are used to seeing from Ancient Egypt; a triumphant, dominating king, with a pleading & subdued enemy. But here, the tables have turned. Here the king of Egypt is the pleading subdued one, as the “Achaemenid King of Kings” holds the power. The king of Egypt pleading with the Achaemenian...
