Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bas relief fragment portraying Cleopatra. Cleopatra VII may have been the most famous woman in the ancient world. She was the last ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Tancredi Scarpelli - Public Domain/Wiki Commons. Cleopatra VII is one of those historical figures whose name sparks ...

We discover the influence that the magnificent city of Alexandria exerted over the eastern Mediterranean and how Rome's growing power impinged on Egypt. Cleopatra played a difficult and skilful game ...

Egyptians say the influential streaming service is dragging an ancient queen into a modern, and decidedly Western, debate — about Black representation in Hollywood — in which she has no real place. By ...

"Cleopatra's skin color has nothing to do with her accomplishments, which are immense." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Cleopatra ...