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

As one of history's most famous figures, many stop to wonder what Cleopatra VII Philopator really looked like.

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 before ...

Recent archaeological discoveries and scholarly research are shedding new light on the reign of Cleopatra VII, the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. These findings, which include a ...

2. Cleopatra VII (L) and her son Caesarion (R) depicted on the Temple of Hathor (1st century BCE) Dendera, Egypt; sandstone, sunk relief; photo by Olaf Rausch courtesy Wikimedia Commons) From a ...

“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 ...

The tendency to view history “through the lens of our own era” has become more pronounced in recent years. To measure this unfortunate tilt, one could do worse than compare Stacy Schiff’s “Cleopatra: ...

News that Israeli actress Gal Gadot will play Cleopatra has prompted Hollywood's latest "whitewashing" row -- and renewed a historical debate over the ancient Queen of Egypt's ancestry. Already a ...

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 ...