No fewer than seven Queen Cleopatras ruled ancient Egypt during the Ptolemaic period, as a new book explains. Everyone will be familiar with the story of Cleopatra, ancient Egypt’s last ...

The Egyptian queen, shown here in a 19th-century engraving, sneaked back from exile and surprised Julius Caesar. Granger Collection, New York Cleopatra VII ruled Egypt for 21 years a generation ...

Cleopatra was the last ruler of ancient Egypt, famous for her sharp mind and political savvy. She navigated tumultuous family ...

The first Cleopatra, Syra (“the Syrian”), was ... Jones does when considering the soap-operatic scheming, “how Egypt’s government functioned at all.” It may not have mattered, insofar ...

The Roman historian Dio Cassius reported that Cleopatra's body was embalmed as Antony's had been, and Plutarch noted that on the orders of Octavian, the last queen of Egypt was buried beside her ...

The narrative of Cleopatra displays the art of balancing being a woman in power while also managing public perception. Laurie ...

A Roman noblewoman asks her friend about Cleopatra in Cecil B DeMille’s garish Hollywood epic starring Oscar winner Claudette Colbert as the titular Egyptian monarch. An exotic enigma treated ...

Cleopatra, and Marc Antony spent time in their decadent love affair on the Greek island of Samos in the summer of 32 B.C.

Cunning, charming and captivating, the Egyptian Cleopatra was horrifying, yet fascinating to many of Rome’s citizens. Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the ...