As one of history's most famous figures, many stop to wonder what Cleopatra VII Philopator really looked like.

Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator was born in 69 BC into the Ptolemaic dynasty, founded by Ptolemy I, a Macedonian Greek, a part of the army of Alexander the Great, who had conquered Egypt and founded ...

For decades, scholars have believed that a skeleton discovered by archaeologists in the ruins of the ancient city of Ephesos ...

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which they hypothesized could belong to the Queen of Egypt’s half-sister, Arsinoë IV, who was “murdered in Ephesos around 41 (B.C.) at the instigation of Mark Antony, Cleopatra’s lover ...

Like some misleading, clickbait title from the 19th century, Cleopatra’s Needles have no connection to the legendary queen.

The mysterious ancient skull, found in the 1920s, sparked a wave of theories then “sank into oblivion” — until recently.

Archaeologist Kathleen Martinez believes a marble statue discovered at a temple site portrays the face of Cleopatra. (all images courtesy Egypt Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities) Success!

The real star of Cleopatra, however, is Mankiewicz, who brought order out of what had been production chaos. As Caesar observes to Cleopatra, early on: ‘You have a way of mixing politics and ...