Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

Her critics state that the Queen of Egypt is buried in Alexandria, not 25 miles outside the major city she once called her home. Could Cleopatra VII and her lover, Mark Antony, be buried in the ...

Cleopatra VII was born in Egypt, but she was descended from a lineage of Greek kings and queens who had ruled Egypt for nearly 300 years. The Ptolemies of Macedonia are one of history's most ...

Cleopatra VII (lived from 69 to 30 B.C.) was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, which started when Ptolemy I Soter, one of Alexander the Great's generals, started ruling ancient Egypt in 305 ...

She is a mythical figure of ancient history: discover the secrets of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, with the exhibition "Le mystère Cléopâtre", presented at the Institut du Monde Arabe from June 11, 2025 ...

In the middle of the civil war that would bring him to power, Julius Caesar spent the winter of 48 BC in Egypt. There he met Cleopatra, the woman who would set Roman nerves on edge for most of the ...

Having Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt as your sister could have deadly consequences. Cleopatra became queen following the death of her father in 51 BCE. However, the customs of ancient Egypt meant ...

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 ...

Famed for her intelligence, charisma and political skills, Cleopatra VII ruled Egypt with her brother Ptolemy XIII. She defeated Ptolemy with the help of Julius Caesar and became Caesar's mistress.

But there is not terribly credible evidence that Cleopatra was black, and instead she was of Macedonian Greek descent. The country of Egypt in particular has taken offense to the show altering ...

In 48 B.C., Julius Caesar (Sir Rex Harrison) pursues Pompey from Pharsalia to Egypt. Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII (Richard O'Sullivan), now supreme ruler after deposing his older sister, Cleopatra VII ...