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Va AandM
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That was during the Ptolemaic period. The gov, elites and much of

Academics were Macedonians. Greek was the language of the pharaoh after Alexander’s general Ptolemy and his later family ran the joint.
Posted: 03/30/2026 at 09:45 AM ET
(In response to this post by lilhokie525)

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lilhokie525 03/30/26 07:30 AM ET
He walked like an Egyptian. Alexandria**
Va AandM 03/30/26 07:58 AM ET
ding, ding, ding, correct!
lilhokie525 03/30/26 08:01 AM ET
That was during the Ptolemaic period. The gov, elites and much of
Va AandM 03/30/26 09:45 AM ET
I guess I didn't have the right angle on that one.**
Spud 03/30/26 08:59 AM ET
Yep. Starting off Monday with an incorrect answer is not a good sine**
JoesterVT 03/30/26 09:01 AM ET
You could be sent to prism for something like that**
Brown Water 03/30/26 09:43 AM ET
now you're just being obtuse**
JoesterVT 03/30/26 09:46 AM ET
There's simply no proof of that**
MAHokie69 03/30/26 10:12 AM ET
no need to go off on a tangent**
HokieMacDaddy 03/30/26 11:35 AM ET
Euclid say that again... **
Vtskier1 03/30/26 01:34 PM ET
He was a mover and a shaker**
TomTurkey 03/30/26 03:17 PM ET
Can't build pyramids without a fundamental understanding of geometry**
EDGEMAN 03/30/26 08:27 AM ET
Florence?**
pburg_hokie 03/30/26 07:46 AM ET
Gotta be Euclid, Ohio**
Stork 03/30/26 07:33 AM ET
Athens**
Spud 03/30/26 07:32 AM ET
Rome?**
santafe 03/30/26 07:32 AM ET