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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cleopatra (centre) is played by a black actress, Adele James, in the new Netflix docudrama series. Image courtesy Netflix During ...

Daisy Dunn - Author, The Missing Thread: A Women’s History of the Ancient World In the first century B.C.E., Fulvia, Octavia and Cleopatra competed for Mark Antony's heart. Illustration by Meilan ...

History paints Cleopatra as a seductress. But there’s little we actually know about Egypt’s politically savvy last queen. One of the few women who ruled ancient Egypt, Cleopatra VII was destined to be ...

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

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 ...

“I detest the Queen,” Cicero opined in around 44BC. The Roman statesman had, at least, held court with Cleopatra before he formed his unflattering opinion of her. Others were less scrupulous. Most ...