In 41 B.C.E., Egyptian queen Cleopatra convinced Mark Antony, her political ally and lover, to arrange the murder of her own ...

Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the biggest prize in the ancient world ... next 20 years. Cleopatra was soon to become Queen of Egypt, the richest ...

Ancient historians praised her allure ... as did most of the dynasty’s queens. Cleopatra VII was born in Egypt, but she was descended from a lineage of Greek kings and queens who had ruled ...

Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and ...

The leading archaeologist in the excavation, Kathleen Martinez, has long believed that the Taposiris Magna could house the tomb of Ancient Egypt’s most famous queen. Cleopatra VII was deeply ...

The Egyptian queen, shown here in a 19th-century ... A first-century A.D. Roman would falsely assert that "ancient writers repeatedly speak of Cleopatra's insatiable libido." ...

Live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City: John Adams conducts his latest opera, based on Shakespeare's immortal drama and starring Julia Bullock and Gerald Finley ...

Queen Cleopatra' was directed by British-Iranian ... s possible Egyptian ancestry and the multicultural nature of ancient Egypt.” Nevertheless, to drum up interest, the show’s trailer gave ...

So his story is just that—a story. He claims that while under guard in her tomb, tending to the body of Antony following the surrender of Egyptian forces to the Roman general Octavian, Cleopatra chose ...

Seaton also explained why “Cleopatra” resonates with her personally. “I really enjoy history — especially ancient history,” she said ... last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. She formed ...