Also changed the capital from historic Memphis to a coastal Greek city his former boss had founded and named after himself only 26 years prior, Alexandria.

Their descendants were elites even into Roman times and we have highly detailed panel art depicting how they looked (or at least, how they wanted to be portrayed) stashed with some of their mummies found at Faiyum. Really marvelously detailed and interesting mix of influences in the art; check out this body-case for the mummy of a guy named Artemidorus.

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