Portraits of the PtolemiesAs archaeologists recover the lost treasures of Alexandria, the modern world is marveling at the latter day glory of ancient Egypt and the Greeks who ruled it from the ascension of Ptolemy I in 306 B. C. to the death of Cleopatra the Great in 30 B. C. The abundance and magnificence of royal sculptures from this period testify to the power of the Ptolemaic dynasty and its influence on Egyptian artistic traditions that even then were more than two