The House of Ptolemy:
Maps of Ptolemaic Egypt

Maps showing Ptolemaic Egypt

• --- Layout of the sunken ancient city of Alexandria dramatically revealed
  (Egypt Revealed Magazine) On 10 April 2001, French underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio presented for the first time his complete map of the sunken quarters of Alexandria. After their unveiling on 10 April, the maps will be on display in the Clore Education Centre until 26 August 2001.
• Archaeology Magazine's Mar/Apr 1999 issue has been updated, with plenty of info on ancient Alexandria:
  MAPPING ALEXANDRIA'S ROYAL QUARTERS (by Angela M.H. Schuster)
  Includes a map of Alexandria's Eastern Harbor shows the submerged Royal Quarters.
  (Gérard Schnepp, Courtesy IEASM).
• --- Map of Ptolemaic Alexandria
  From the Egypt and the Ptolemaic Dynasty section of Archaeology 201 web site maintained by Professor James Higginbotham and Ryan Dunn.
  (Note: The image as displayed at the site is distorted. I have linked directly to the JPG file for an undistorted view.)
• --- Broucheion Section of Alexandria
  Part of a reconstruction mapping of Alexandria. Source not credited.
• Schematic map of Ptolemaic Alexandria
  From Alaa K. Ashmawy's Alexandria web page. The map is an adaptation of that published in E.M. Forster's Alexandria: A History and Guide.

• The Breakup of Alexander's Empire, 310 BCE
  Map of 310 BCE, time of Ptolemy I as Satrap of Egypt in the (nominal) name of Philip Arrhideus.
  [Tony Belmonte's original from URL http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/clas/provncal/Maps/GREECE/Postalex.gif]
• The Hellenistic Kingdoms, 300 BCE
  Map of 300 BCE, time of Ptolemy I, Soter: Basileus of 'Spear-won' Egypt
  [Tony Belmonte's original from URL http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/clas/provncal/Maps/GREECE/Hellnstc.gif]
• The Rise of Roman Power in the Medeterranean, 270 BCE
  Map of 270 BCE, time of Ptolemy II, Philadelphus
  [Tony Belmonte's original from URL http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/clas/provncal/Maps/ROME/republic/Middle_Rep.gif]
• --- Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires in 240 BCE
  After two generations of war, Ptolemies, the Seleucids and the Antigonid kings of Macedon had archieved a sustainable political and military balance.
  [From Project Zeugma]
• --- The Hellenistic World: cities & empires in 240 BCE
  Another version, map from the Europe Map Archive of the University of Oregon (shockwave plug-in required for some maps).
• --- The Medeterranean after the First Punic War, 220 BCE
  Map of 220 BCE, time of Ptolemy IV, Philometor
  [Tony Belmonte's original from URL http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/clas/provncal/Maps/ROME/republic/b220med.gif]
• --- Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires in 185 BCE, time of Ptolemy V, Philopator
  With decisive victories over both the Macedonians (Cynoscephalae, 197 BCE) and the Seleucids (Magnesia, 190 BCE), Rome established herself as the dominant force in the eastern Mediterranean.
  [From Project Zeugma]
• --- The Hellenistic World: Major & Minor States in 90 BCE
  Map of 90 BCE, time of Ptolemy X, Alexander I
  [From the Europe Map Archive of the University of Oregon (shockwave plug-in required for some maps)]
• The Peace of the Second Triumphurate, 40 BCE
  Map of 40 BCE, time of Cleopatra VII
  [Tony Belmonte's original from URL http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/clas/provncal/Maps/ROME/republic/b40eu.gif]
• Rome after the Victory of Octavian at Actium, 25 BCE
  Map of 25 BCE, soon after the end of Ptolemaic Egypt's empire
  [Tony Belmonte's original from URL http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/clas/provncal/Maps/ROME/republic/b25eu.gif]

• Schematic map of Alexandria
• Map of Alexandria
  From the Egypt and the Ptolemaic Dynasty section of Archaeology 201 web site. Maintained by Professor James Higginbotham and Ryan Dunn. (Note: The image as displayed at the site is distorted. I have linked directly to the JPG file for an undistorted view.)

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