Cleopatra was a brilliant intellectual shaped by Alexandria, where her Greek education forged her philosophy, science, and ...

For centuries, Cleopatra VII's final resting place has remained a mystery. Recent discoveries at Egypt’s Taposiris Magna ...

This ‘Secrets of the Dead’ presentation follows the excavation in the harbor of Alexandria, Egypt, of a temple dedicated to ...

During her reign of 21 years, at a time when other states in the eastern Mediterranean were being assimilated by the growing power of Rome, Cleopatra managed to preserve Egyptian independence through ...

During her hunt for the Egyptian queen’s lost tomb, National Geographic Explorer Kathleen Martínez uncovered the sunken ...

Cleopatra stood at one of the most dangerous intersections in history: that of women and power. Clever women, Euripides had warned 400 years earlier, were dangerous. We do not know whether Cleopatra ...

Archaeologists say they've discovered an ancient, long-submerged Mediterranean port, but for the head of the mission, the ...

In this painting, The Banquet of Cleopatra, also by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770), Cleopatra’s pearl is in her outstretched hand as she likely tells Mark Antony in regal Roman dress how she ...

“Red Notice” has arrived in theaters, sending fans on a twisty, globe-trotting treasure hunt with Gal Gadot, Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds as they try to get their hands on an ancient Egyptian ...

Douglas Blair is a contributor to The Daily Signal. In what is undoubtedly a far better contribution to the historical record than the program itself, Netflix’s new four-part Cleopatra documentary ...

Netflix is accused of "trying to provoke confusion by spreading false and deceptive facts that the origin of the Egyptian civilization is Black." “African Queens: Queen Cleopatra” is coming under fire ...

Egypt has accused Netflix of misrepresenting history by casting a Black woman to play Cleopatra, its most famous historical figure, in a new series. “Queen Cleopatra,” which is released May 10, ...