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 ...
Right: A posthumous painted portrait of Cleopatra VII of Ptolemaic Egypt from Roman Herculaneum, made during the 1st century AD. Credit: Louis le Grand / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons (right) / ...
Cleopatra’s Needle in London is seen from the Thames. Credit: Ktulucommonswiki. CC BY SA 3.0 “Cleopatra’s Needle” evokes the romanticism of the famous Egyptian queen. However, like some click-bate ...
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!
For decades, scientists had identified the skeleton as that of Arsinoe IV, the doomed half-sister of Cleopatra VII, one of Egypt's most famous queens. But a groundbreaking new analysis by ...
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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 ...