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 ...

Cleopatra and Mark Antony: When Love Nearly Toppled Rome Mark Antony and Cleopatra were partners for 11 years and had three ...

Doomed Egyptian queen Cleopatra has captured the imaginations of people all over the world for centuries. Archaeologists have long sought to locate her tomb, which she shared with her lover, Mark ...

A Brief History of Cleopatra draws on recent archaeological finds and fresh interpretations of ancient texts to separate truth from myth to set this incomparably beautiful queen in context.

The myth of Cleopatra is one more example of how history makes strong and independent women the villains. But what is the ...

The Ptolemaic period in Egypt was glittering — but no match for a rising Rome.

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

Like some misleading, clickbait title from the 19th century, Cleopatra’s Needles have no connection to the legendary queen.