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Late Ptolemaic and Roman Periods

During ancient Egypt’s last dynasty, a massive cultural exchange occurred between Greeks and Egyptians.

Mummy of Herakleides
Getty conversations

by Dr. Sara E. Cole and Dr. Steven Zucker

The Rosetta Stone, 196 B.C.E., Ptolemaic Period, 112.3 x 75.7 x 28.4 cm, Egypt © Trustees of the British Museum. Part of grey and pink granodiorite stela bearing priestly decree concerning Ptolemy V in three blocks of text: Hieroglyphic (14 lines), Demotic (32 lines) and Greek (53 lines). — An introduction to the Late Period, and Ptolemaic and Roman Periods in ancient Egypt

Late Period and the Ptolemaic and Roman ...

by Dr. Amy Calvert

Part of the inscription on this ushabti says: “If there is any work to be done there in the Divine Hereafter, or if there is an obstacle there, you say as a man in his duty, ‘Look, I am here!”

Meet an Ushabti, an Ancient Egyptian Statuette ...

by Judith Barr and Dr. Roselyn Campbell

The Rosetta Stone, 196 B.C.E., Ptolemaic Period, 112.3 x 75.7 x 28.4 cm, Egypt © Trustees of the British Museum. Part of grey and pink granodiorite stela bearing priestly decree concerning Ptolemy V in three blocks of text: Hieroglyphic (14 lines), Demotic (32 lines) and Greek (53 lines). — What does the Rosetta Stone say? Why is it written in three scripts and two languages?

Decoding the Rosetta Stone

by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris

When we think of the language of ancient Egypt, the first thing that springs to mind is hieroglyphs carved on temple and tomb walls, yet this could not be further from the truth.

Multilingualism along the Nile

Mummy portrait of a woman, c. 55-70 C.E., 41.6 x 21.5 cm, Hawara, Egypt © Trustees of the British Museum — Ancient Egyptians made little use of naturalistic portraits, but this changed following capture by Rome.

Egyptian mummy portraits

by The British Museum

Portrait of the Boy Eutyches (Faiyum) — These mummy portraits are unlike anything from ancient Egypt, combining Roman naturalism with Egyptian function.

Faiyum mummy portraits

by The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Rosetta Stone, 196 B.C.E., Ptolemaic Period, 112.3 x 75.7 x 28.4 cm, Egypt © Trustees of the British Museum. — The key to ancient Egyptian language, the Rosetta Stone allowed scholars to unlock the secret of hieroglyphs.

The Rosetta Stone

by The British Museum