Greek alchemy was preserved in medieval Byzantine manuscripts after the fall of Egypt, and yet historians have only relatively recently begun to pay attention to the study and development of Greek alchemy in the Byzantine period.
ɡɹˈiːk ˈælkəmi wʌz pɹɪzˈɜːvd ɪn mˈɛdɪˌiːvəl bˈɪzɐntˌiːn mˈænjuːskɹˌɪpts ˈæftɚ ðə fˈɔːl ʌv ˈiːdʒɪpt, ænd jˈɛt hɪstˈoːɹiənz hæv ˈoʊnli ɹˈɛlətˌɪvli ɹˈiːsəntli bɪɡˈʌn tə pˈeɪ ɐtˈɛnʃən tə ðə stˈʌdi ænd dɪvˈɛləpmənt ʌv ɡɹˈiːk ˈælkəmi ɪnðə bˈɪzɐntˌiːn pˈiəɹɪəd.