We begin with the time of the ‘glory-days’ – the ‘good Ptolemies’ – Ptolemies l to lll – and their intellectual pursuits and world-renowned achievements: ‘the Marvels’ – The Great Library and Museum, and the Pharos Lighthouse at Alexandria being just two of what they achieved.
But theirs was also the time when the attitudes and seeds of their own ultimate destruction were set in place.
Unearthing Egyptology - Talks on Egyptology 