Ptolemaic

• He sought to introduce into Rome the ideas, the customs, the sumptuousness, and the institutions of the Pharaoh-Ptolemaic monarchy, to make of his palace a court similar to that of Alexandria, and of himself a divine king, adored in flesh and blood, as sovereigns were adored on the banks of the Nile. —  The Women of the Caesars
• The old Ptolemaic or Alphonsine system, which explained the phenomena on the hypothesis of nine (or ten) transparent hollow spheres wheeling round the stationary earth, was still the received astronomy of ordinary people. —  Milton
• Kircher's massive treatise from 1646, 'Ars Magnus et Umbrae', contains observations on the nature of light, lenses, mirrors, sundials, astrology and (Ptolemaic) astronomy and related topics. —  BibliOdyssey
• Ptolemy I Soter, the first of the Ptolemaic kings. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
• On the seabed of Alexandria's Eastern Harbour lie the royal quarters of the Ptolemaic dynasty complete with temples, palaces and streets. —  Al-Ahram Weekly Online

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