100 – c. 170 AD) was an Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of ...
Claudius Ptolemy was a Greek who probably lived and worked in Alexandria, Egypt. He is famous for his work on astronomy and geography.
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Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator was Pharaoh of Egypt from 51 to 47 BC, and one of the last members of the Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BC). He was the son of ...
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