No fewer than seven Queen Cleopatras ruled ancient Egypt during the Ptolemaic period, as a new book explains, writes David ...

To give just one example, Cleopatra III sent her own mother, Cleopatra II, a birthday present of an inlaid casket; when opened, it was found to contain the dismembered body of Cleopatra II’s ...

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

Cunning, charming and captivating, the Egyptian Cleopatra was horrifying, yet fascinating to many of Rome’s citizens. Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the ...

The first Cleopatra, Syra (“the Syrian”), was the daughter of the Seleucid king Antiochus III; her marriage to Ptolemy V in 193 B.C. was orchestrated to promote harmony among the rival kingdoms.

Julius Cesar and Cleopatra in the Horrible Histories TV series After the stuff about hiding in carpets, bathing in milk and being bitten by snakes (more on some of that later), the most famous ...

Cleopatra has fascinated us for 2,000 years. The legendary last queen of Egypt was the wealthiest, most powerful woman in the world. Today, she remains one of the most famous women of history and ...

While speaking with Vogue Hong Kong about her new Netflix film Heart of Stone for the magazine's July issue, Gadot, 38, noted that she grew up understanding the ancient queen Cleopatra as "a ...