No fewer than seven Queen Cleopatras ruled ancient Egypt during the Ptolemaic period, as a new book explains. Everyone will be familiar with the story of Cleopatra, ancient Egypt’s last ...

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 ...

This plant, revered in ancient Egypt, is regaining attention today for its healing, calming, and spiritual properties backed by modern science.

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 ...

most of us only know a handful of 'facts' about the life of Cleopatra (with most of those ... painting the last queen of ancient Egypt as a cunning and determined ruler prepared to do whatever ...

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 ...

Seaton also explained why “Cleopatra” resonates with her personally. “I really enjoy history — especially ancient history ... the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. She formed strategic ...