Ptolemy (page 2)

Bust of Ptolemy of Mauretania Anonymous

Map of the known world Ptolemy

Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, weighing and comparing systems of the universe, 1651 Unknown

Detail of The Planisphere of Ptolemy Plate from The Celestial Atlas Andreas Cellarius

Map of central Europe, 1486 Ptolemy

Ptolemaeus mit dem Himmelsglobus, 1504 Albrecht Dürer

Nebulosity and star cluster in Serpens NASA

Temple entrance, Kom Ombo, Egypt Newton & Co

Map showing Egypt to Ethiopia Jacopo D'Angiolo

Geocentric universe, 1493 Unknown

Map of France Ptolemy

Temple of Kom Ombo, Egypt The Fine Art Photographers Co

Titlepage of 'The Cosmographical Glass', 1559 John the Elder Bettes

Nebulosity and star cluster in Serpens NASA

Temple of Kom Ombo, Egypt Newton & Co

Hercules Supporting the World Flanked by Euclid and Ptolemy Annibale Carracci

The Marble Watch Tower or Lighthouse Erected by Ptolemy Soter on the Island of Pharos, near the Port of Alexandria English School

Illustration of Copernican and Ptolemaic Views of the Universe Anonymous

Anthony, mortally wounded, with Cleopatra, c.1797-99 Johann Heinrich Tischbein

Anthony Telling Cleopatra of his Victory over the Cavalry of Octavian, c.1769 Johann Heinrich Tischbein

Tower of Demetrius Poliorcetes during the Siege of Rhodes in 305 BC Friedrich Martin von Reibisch

Celestial Map of the Planets Georg Christoph II Eimmart

Map of the world, based on descriptions and co-ordinates given in 'Geographia', first published in Ulm, Germany Ptolemy

Map of Spain and Portugal Ptolemy

The Rosetta Stone, British Museum, London Newton & Co

Planetary orbits, 1660-1 Andreas Cellarius

Lighthouse of Alexandria Hadrianus Junius

Frontispiece of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems by Galileo Galilei, 1632 Stefano Della Bella

Lighthouse of Alexandria, Magdalena van de Passe, Maerten de Vos Crispijn van de Passe I

The Death of Cleopatra, 1785 Anonymous

Cleopatra Anonymous

The Library of Alexandria, 1876 Anonymous

Cleopatra taken to Rome in Triumph by Augustus, c.1653 Francois (1590-1650) (after) Perrier

Nicolas Copernicus, Polish astronomer and mathematician Anonymous

The Burning of the Library of Alexandria, 1876 Anonymous

The Death of Cleopatra, ca 1878 Anonymous