The Ptolemy world map is a map of the world known to Greco-Roman societies in the 2nd century. It is based on the description contained in Ptolemy's book Geography, written c. 150.Based on an inscription in several of the earliest surviving manuscripts, it is traditionally credited to Agathodaemon of Alexandria.. Notable features of Ptolemy's map is the first use of …

The Geography (Greek: Γεωγραφικὴ Ὑφήγησις, Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis, lit. "Geographical Guidance"), also known by its Latin names as the Geographia and the Cosmographia, is a gazetteer, an atlas, and a treatise on cartography, compiling the geographical knowledge of the 2nd-century Roman Empire.Originally written by Claudius Ptolemy in Greek at Alexandria …

(100?–170?). Ptolemy was an influential astronomer, geographer, and mathematician of the ancient world. His theories about the universe dominated scientific thought until the Middle Ages.

The Rosetta Stone is a stele composed of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes.The top and middle texts are in Ancient Egyptian using hieroglyphic and Demotic scripts respectively, while the bottom is in Ancient Greek.The decree has only minor …

Taprobana is undoubtedly the present day Sri Lanka when referring the map. The map indicates names such as 'Rhogandani' in the south (known as Rohana in the ancient times) and Anuragrami in the northwest referring to Anuradha Grama as it was known in the ancient times. Ettukai.

Nov 24, 2017 · Ptolemy’s Model. The Sun, Moon, stars, and planets were believed to move in a uniform circular motion – the “perfect” motion assigned to celestial bodies by the ancient Greeks. However, observations showed otherwise. The paths of the celestial bodies are not circular, and they vary in distances. ... Moon and the five known planets.

Ptolemaic system, also called geocentric system or geocentric model, mathematical model of the universe formulated by the Alexandrian astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy about 150 CE and recorded by him in his Almagest and Planetary Hypotheses. The Ptolemaic system is a geocentric cosmology; that is, it starts by assuming that Earth is stationary and at the centre of …

Nov 11, 2010 · Starred Review. Mosley (Known to Evil) plays out an intriguing premise in his powerful latest: a man is given a second shot at life, but at the price of a hastened death. Ptolemy Grey is a 91-year-old man, suffering from dementia and living as …

Ptolemy XV Caesar (/ ˈ t ɒ l əm i /; Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Ptolemaĩos; 23 June 47 BC – August 30 BC), nicknamed Caesarion (Καισαρίων, "Little Caesar"), was the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt, reigning with his mother Cleopatra from 2 September 44 BC until her death by 12 August 30 BC, then as sole ruler until his death was ordered by Octavian (who would become the first ...