The Geographical Guide of Ptolemy of Alexandria: An Analysis [1 ed.] 9781032164410, 9781032164427

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The Geographical Guide of Ptolemy of Alexandria: An Analysis [1 ed.]
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This volume offers a detailed study of Ptolemy of Alexandria’s Geographical Guide, whose eight books contain a wealth of

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In Newton's view, Ptolemy was "the most successful fraud in the history of science". Newton shows that Pt

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This first biography of Philo of Alexandria, one of antiquity’s most prolific yet enigmatic authors, traces his intellec

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In Newton's view, Ptolemy was "the most successful fraud in the history of science". Newton shows that Pt

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Under Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who ruled Egypt in the middle of the third century B.C.E., Alexandria became the brillian

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Conservation biology -- using concepts from traditional resource management and modern population biology to preserve bi

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire, Part 1, Volumes 1 and 2 (Precious Metal and Bronze) by Catharine Lorber, is the massive,

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*Includes pictures depicting important people, places, and events. *Includes ancient accounts about the two sites and th

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Philo was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who left behind one of the richest bodies of work from antiquity, yet his per

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"Current interest in interdisciplinary approaches to the Alexandrian culture is making it possible to understand He

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