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18 07, 2017

Who was Eratosthenes? Astronomy and math

By |2019-05-30T20:45:26-07:00July 18th, 2017|Africa, Egypt, Science|Comments Off on Who was Eratosthenes? Astronomy and math

Eratosthenes of Cyrene went to school here! A classroom at the University of Alexandria (al-Ahram 2004). Who was Eratosthenes of Cyrene? Eratosthenes of Cyrene was born about 276 BC. He was [...]

14 06, 2017

Ptolemies and Cleopatra – Greek Egypt

By |2019-06-01T12:41:50-07:00June 14th, 2017|Africa, Egypt, Greeks, History, Science|Comments Off on Ptolemies and Cleopatra – Greek Egypt

Ptolemy I Soter, on a coin (He's trying to look like Alexander) Alexander conquers Egypt In 332 BC Alexander the Great and his Greek army conquered Egypt from the Persians who [...]

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