With their defeat, Caesar restored her to the throne. For the next 18 years Cleopatra governed the most fertile country in the Mediterranean, guiding it through plague and famine. Her tenure alone ...

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

Cunning, charming and captivating, the Egyptian Cleopatra was horrifying ... she was in sight of the Roman throne – the biggest prize in the ancient world – her own world came crashing ...

Her "bath rituals and decadent lifestyle ... ALEXANDRIA Where could they go from there but down? By the time Cleopatra VII ascended the throne in 51 B.C. at age 18, the Ptolemaic empire was ...

In 51 B.C., Ptolemy XII died, leaving the throne to 18-year-old Cleopatra and her brother, 10-year-old Ptolemy XIII. Likely, as was the custom of the day, the two married. Political turmoil and ...

It wasn’t Cleopatra’s sister who Marc Anthony ordered to be executed due to her attempt to usurp the throne. It remains to be seen why the boy was buried in such a prominent location and ...

Searching for Cleopatra shatters the stereotypes and strips away the myths to portray the real Queen of Egypt. A smart, shrewd ruler who used her wits and daring to keep her throne and her empire ...

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 ...