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- and 247 B.C.E.) on the island of Pharos in Alexandria, Egypt to serve as that port's landmark, and later, its lighthouse. Alexandria was ...10 KB (1,528 words) - 01:38, 26 October 2022
- family which ruled the Ptolemaic Empire in Egypt for nearly 300 years, from ... A flourishing center of learning and scholarship, Ptolemaic Egypt ...11 KB (1,793 words) - 23:33, 2 December 2022
- story of the persecution of the Jews of Alexandria and Egypt under Ptolemy ... of the horrified Jews. On his return to Egypt he takes revenge on the Alexandrian ...9 KB (1,497 words) - 06:44, 13 June 2023
- angle of elevation of the Sun at noon in Alexandria and Syene (now Aswan, Egypt ... day Libya), but lived and worked in Alexandria, capital of Ptolemaic Egypt ...10 KB (1,516 words) - 19:18, 13 February 2024
- on July 21, 1798 between the French army in Egypt under Napoleon Bonaparte ... Although Napoleon remained in Egypt for less than three years, he ...11 KB (1,626 words) - 04:44, 11 January 2023
- The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is the official name for the largest Christian church in Egypt. The Church belongs to the Oriental Orthodox ...24 KB (3,712 words) - 21:25, 4 May 2020
- Hypatia of Alexandria (in Greek: Υπατία) (c. 370 C.E. – 415 ... and the last fellow of the Museum of Alexandria, which was adjacent to ...11 KB (1,782 words) - 16:39, 10 February 2024
- Dioscorus of Alexandria was the twenty-fifth bishop of Alexandria ... A disciple of Saint Cyril of Alexandria, whom he succeeded as patriarch ...14 KB (1,996 words) - 09:38, 24 November 2022
- world but were found especially near Alexandria, the capital city of Ptolemaic ... but the particular sect near Lake Mareotis, Egypt, was quite famous for its ...12 KB (1,764 words) - 18:27, 30 April 2023
- The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is considered the spiritual ... of Pope Dioscorus, the patriarch of Alexandria, to accept the Christological ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 01:18, 18 November 2022
- the increasingly Monophysite provinces of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, which ... and to the monks and laity throughout Alexandria, Egypt, Libya, and Pentapolis. ...16 KB (2,523 words) - 18:33, 7 February 2022
- and made peace with its leader, Cyril of Alexandria. His own insistence on ... Eutyches found support for his cause in the patriarch of Alexandria ...11 KB (1,657 words) - 05:26, 5 April 2021
- Alexandria, with a population of 4.1 million, is the second-largest city in Egypt after Cairo. It is the country's largest seaport, serving ...24 KB (3,570 words) - 06:37, 20 July 2023
- Cyril of Alexandria (c. 378 - 444 C.E.) was the Christian patriarch ... the violent expulsion of the Jews from Alexandria in 415. In his resultant ...19 KB (2,930 words) - 07:26, 12 January 2024
- only one term. He was appointed head of Egypt's human rights commission ... Boutros Boutros-Ghali was born in Cairo, Egypt into a well-regarded ...12 KB (1,720 words) - 19:59, 20 November 2023
- the successor of Patriarch Cyril of Alexandria, who restored him and influenced ... First Council of Ephesus, where Cyril of Alexandria had succeeded in obtaining ...14 KB (2,124 words) - 17:40, 25 January 2023
- His political rival, Cyril, bishop of Alexandria, used the Christological ... Nestorius’ rival, Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444, was having ...12 KB (1,909 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- of the great civilization of ancient Egypt. ==History== ... Ptolemaic Dynasty. The Greeks had ruled Egypt from 305 B.C.E., after the ...13 KB (1,999 words) - 19:17, 16 December 2022
- physical and cultural remains of ancient Egypt. In the latter part of the ... [[Image:Egypt.Giza.Sphinx.01.jpg|350px|right|thumb| The Great Sphinx ...16 KB (2,384 words) - 00:01, 13 February 2024
- belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. The remaining (around ... , aiguptos: "Egypt." The Greek term for "Egypt" ...27 KB (4,022 words) - 03:00, 8 January 2024
