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Deriv: Ptolemy as Pharaoh in the British Museum (Stella / CC BY-SA 4.0) and Ptolemy I, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen (CC BY-SA 3.0) — 30 Jun 2023

Ptolemy Soter’s Strategy: Becoming Pharaoh And A God Of Egypt

*By MartiniF*

*Archaeology & Science*

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Ptolemy I, one of the surviving generals of Alexander the Great, became satrap and eventually pharaoh of Egypt, but he had to employ spin doctors to recreate an impressive ancestry related to Alxander, establish a new binary Graeco-Egyptian god...
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Compilation of the overall appearance of the statue based on Greek and Roman statuettes of the Sun-God and corresponding reconstruction of the 120m (393 ft) tall tower, designed by ©Andrew Michael Chugg — 27 Oct 2021

The Pharos Lighthouse Of Alexandria – Second Sun And Seventh Wonder Of The Ancient World

*By Andrew Michael Chugg*

*Archaeology & Science*

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The Pharos lighthouse in Alexandria was constructed in the first two decades of the third century BC and it may have been nominated as one of the world’s Seven Wonders as early as the middle of the same century by the Alexandrian poet Callimachus...
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Alexandria

Ptolemy Soter’s Strategy: Becoming Pharaoh And A God Of Egypt

The Pharos Lighthouse Of Alexandria – Second Sun And Seventh Wonder Of The Ancient World