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In 48 BC, Alexander's tomb in Alexandria was visited by Caesar. [5] To finance her war against Octavian , Cleopatra VII took gold from the tomb. [ 13 ] Shortly after the death of Cleopatra, Alexander's resting place was visited by Augustus , who is said to have placed flowers on the tomb and a golden diadem upon Alexander's head. [ 3 ]
With the symbols of the tomb and the Lighthouse, the Ptolemies promoted the legend of Alexandria as an element of their legitimacy to rule. [ 3 ] Alexandria was intended to supersede Naucratis as a Hellenistic center in Egypt, and to be the link between Greece and the rich Nile Valley .
Persephone tomb in Kom el-Shoqafa, 2nd century CE. [ 8 ] At the front of the tomb chamber there is a temple-like façade consisting of two columns topped by papyrus , lotus , and acanthus leaves of ancient Egypt and supporting an architrave with a relief of a central winged sun-disk flanked by Horus falcons.
Pompey, Julius Caesar and Augustus all visited the tomb in Alexandria where Augustus, allegedly, accidentally knocked the nose of Alexander's mummified body off. Caligula was said to have taken Alexander's breastplate from the tomb for his own use. Around AD 200, Emperor Septimius Severus closed Alexander's tomb to
The tomb of Antony and Cleopatra is the undiscovered burial crypt of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII from 30 BC assumed to be located in Alexandria, Egypt. According to historians Suetonius and Plutarch, the Roman leader Octavian permitted their burial together after he had defeated them. Their surviving children were taken to Rome, to be raised ...
This week, uncover the true identity of the “Ivory Lady,” meet chatty cockatoos, discover ancient creatures of the deep, spy Saturn’s glowing rings, and more.
Pharos was a small island located on the western edge of the Nile Delta.In 332 BC, Alexander the Great founded the city of Alexandria on an isthmus opposite Pharos. . Alexandria and Pharos were later connected by a mole [6] spanning more than 1,200 metres (0.75 miles), which was called the Heptastadion ("seven stadia"—a stadion was a Greek unit of length measuring approximate
Others theorize her tomb was destroyed or robbed. She is assumed to have been buried with her “ill-fated lover,” Mark Antony, after committing suicide at 39 years old to avoid being paraded ...