Month: November 2021

AMAZING QUICK FACTS ABOUT NITOCRIS

NITOCRIS STORY #Shorts #informative

Nitocris was a less known pharaoh of the VI th dynasty. Her historicity is questioned and she could be more like a legend character. She is mentioned by Herodotus , Manetho and Royal Papyrus of of Turin.

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HYPATIA OF ALEXANDRIA. AMAZING MINI HISTORY DOCUMENTARY

Who was Hypatia and why is Hypatia important?

Hypatia lived in Alexandria, Egypt more than 1500 years ago. She was the first female scientist, and she was among the scholars recruited to do research and keep the intellectual legacy of the famous Library of Alexandria and Moseion of Alexandria.

In Alexandria during Greco Roman period there was a trend to bring scholars from all over the known world to create a high standard intellectual activity. Government was recruiting them and paying them to stay and bring their contribution to the knowledge base represented by Library of Alexandria collection of papyruses.

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