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) / ...

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!

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 ...

Cleopatra is not only a supercolossal eye-filler (the unprecedented budget shows in the physical opulence throughout), but it is also a remarkably literate cinematic recreation of an historic ...

Quintessence Theatre Doubles Down on Shakespeare With Reckless Romance Repertory: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and & Antony and ...

For nearly a century, scientists have believed that a skull discovered in the ancient Turkish city of Ephesus belonged to Cleopatra’s half-sister Arsinoë IV. Unearthed in 1929 at a magnificent ...

They linked the tomb’s architecture to ancient Egypt and put forward a new theory: This could be the skull of Cleopatra VII’s half-sister, Arsinoë IV, who was “murdered in Ephesos around 41 ...