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Sphinx hoisted

French underwater explorer Franck Goddio (L) shows a granite sphinx hoisted by his team out of Alexandria bay Wednesday Oct. 28. The sphinx whose head portrays Ptolemy XII, father of Cleopatra, was raised from the submerged island of Antirhodos off the coast of the ancient city founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC.

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Ancient stone tunnel discovered in Egypt

STORY: Ancient stone tunnel discovered in Egypt DATELINE: Nov. 4, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:19 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various pics of a stone tunnel 2. various pics of discoveries near the temple of Taposiris Magna 3. various shots of excavation site and the discovered items STORYLINE: The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Thursday the discovery of a stone tunnel, 13 meters beneath the land surface, two alabaster heads, and several potteries in the coastal city of Alexandria, northern Egypt. An Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission found the tunnel in the temple of Taposiris Magna, which was a city established by Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus between 280 and 270 BC, the ministry said in a statement, adding that the tunnel is 1,305 m in length and 2 m in height. "Near the temple, archaeologists found two heads of alabaster, one is for a person from the Ptolemaic era, from 305 to 30 BC, while the other is for a sphinx," the statement said. During the ex

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EGYPT-SOHAG-ARCHEOLOGY-ANCIENT TOMBS

(220504) -- SOHAG (EGYPT), May 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Undated photo shows a mudbrick-made tower house dating back to the era of King Ptolemy III unearthed by the Nile in southern Egyptian province of Sohag. A total of 85 tombs, dating back to the period from the Old Kingdom of Egypt some 4,500 years ago until the Ptolemaic dynasty spanning from 305 BC to 30 BC, were unearthed in Sohag, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said Wednesday. (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities/Handout via Xinhua)

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Cleopatra - film (1963)

Richard O'Sullivan Characters: Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII Film: Cleopatra (USA/UK/CH 1963) Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz 12 June 1963 Date: 12-Jun-63

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Caesar And Cleopatra film (1945)

Vivien Leigh, Claude Rains, Ernest Thesiger, Anthony Harvey, Cecil Parker & Francis L. Sullivan Characters: Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Theodotus, Ptolemy, Britannus, Pothinus Film: Caesar And Cleopatra (1945) Director: Gabriel Pascal 11 December 1945 Date: 11-Dec-1945

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ALEXANDER (US/UK/GER/NDL 2004) ELLIOT COWAN as a younger Pto

ALEXANDER ELLIOT COWAN as a younger Ptolemy and COLIN FARRELL as Alexander the Great distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Picture from the Ronald Grant Archive ALEXANDER ELLIOT COWAN as a younger Ptolemy and COLIN FARRELL as Alexander the Great distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Date: 2004

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ALEXANDER (US/UK/GER/NDL 2004) ANTHONY HOPKINS as an older P

ALEXANDER ANTHONY HOPKINS as an older Ptolemy Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Picture from the Ronald Grant Archive ALEXANDER ANTHONY HOPKINS as an older Ptolemy Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Date: 2004

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ALEXANDER (US/UK/GER/NDL 2004) ELLIOT COWAN as a younger Pto

ALEXANDER ELLIOT COWAN as a younger Ptolemy and COLIN FARRELL as Alexander the Great distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Picture from the Ronald Grant Archive ALEXANDER ELLIOT COWAN as a younger Ptolemy and COLIN FARRELL as Alexander the Great distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Date: 2004

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COLIN FARRELL as Alexander the Great, ELLIOT COWAN as younge

COLIN FARRELL as Alexander the Great, ELLIOT COWAN as younger Ptolemy and director OLIVER STONE on the set of the action adventure drama “Alexander,” distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. PHOTOGRAPHS TO BE USED SOLELY FOR ADVERTISING, PROMOTION, PUBLICITY OR REVIEWS OF THIS SPECIFIC MOTION PICTURE AND TO REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF THE STUDIO. NOT FOR SALE OR REDISTRIBUTION. COLIN FARRELL as Alexander the Great, ELLIOT COWAN as younger Ptolemy and director OLIVER STONE on the set of the action adventure drama Alexander, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. PHOTOGRAPHS TO BE USED SOLELY FOR ADVERTISING, PROMOTION, PUBLICITY OR REVIEWS OF THIS SPECIFIC MOTION PICTURE AND TO REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF THE STUDIO. NOT FOR SALE OR REDISTRIBUTION. COLIN FARRELL as Alexander the Great, ELLIOT COWAN as younger Ptolemy and director OLIVER STONE on the set of the action adventure drama Alexander, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. PHOTOGRAPHS TO BE USED SOLELY FOR ADVERTISING, PROMOTION, PUBLICITY OR REVIEWS OF THIS SPECIFIC MOTION PICTURE AND TO REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF THE STUDIO. NOT FOR SALE OR REDISTRIBUTION.

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Sphinx hoisted

French underwater explorer Franck Goddio (L) shows a granite sphinx hoisted by his team out of Alexandria bay Wednesday Oct. 28. The sphinx whose head portrays Ptolemy XII, father of Cleopatra, was raised from the submerged island of Antirhodos off the coast of the ancient city founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC.