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

Her fascination with -- and admiration for -- Cleopatra is intense. The last queen of Ancient Egypt, she told me, "spoke nine languages, she was a philosopher, she was a poet, she was a politician ...

Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the biggest prize in the ancient world ... the winter of 48 BC in Egypt. There he met Cleopatra, the woman who would ...

Over 2,000 years later and Cleopatra's Pools at the site of ancient Hierapolis is still popular with visitors who wish to ...

In the past 20 years, 280 buildings in this 2,300-year-old port city — known for being the birthplace of Cleopatra and the ancient home of the famed Library of Alexandria — have collapsed due ...

Cleopatra was the last pharaoh in Ancient Egypt. After her rule, Egypt became part of the Roman Empire. Egypt is now governed by a president. Islam is the main religion and Arabic is the main ...

Cleopatra has fascinated us for 2,000 years. The legendary last queen of Egypt was the wealthiest ... a massive dig site in the catacombs of an ancient temple outside Alexandria, the capital ...

A Roman noblewoman asks her friend about Cleopatra in Cecil B DeMille ... and revulsion by the Roman elite, the race of Ancient Egypt’s most famous queen is not what seems to preoccupy the ...

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient ... but Queen Cleopatra’s death in 30 B.C. brought change. Egypt became a province ...