Alexandria
Articles tagged Alexandria.
How Did the Cult of Serapis Spread Throughout Ancient Rome?
Vespasian’s miracle sparked a phenomenon. How trade routes, legions, and imperial politics turned an Egyptian god into Rome’s salvation.
How Eratosthenes Measured the Earth With a Stick
In 240 BC, Eratosthenes used shadows, geometry, and a 5,000-stadia walk to calculate Earth’s circumference, and came within 2% of modern estimates.
Did Aristarchus Discover Heliocentrism Before Copernicus?
Aristarchus of Samos proposed a Sun-centred universe eighteen centuries before Copernicus. Archimedes is the only reason we know he did.
How Did the Cult of Serapis Spread Throughout Ancient Rome?
Vespasian’s miracle sparked a phenomenon. How trade routes, legions, and imperial politics turned an Egyptian god into Rome’s salvation.
How Eratosthenes Measured the Earth With a Stick
In 240 BC, Eratosthenes used shadows, geometry, and a 5,000-stadia walk to calculate Earth’s circumference, and came within 2% of modern estimates.
Did Aristarchus Discover Heliocentrism Before Copernicus?
Aristarchus of Samos proposed a Sun-centred universe eighteen centuries before Copernicus. Archimedes is the only reason we know he did.