Ptolemaic pharaohs constructed much of this complex, which served as a center of worship for the goddess Isis. Cleopatra identified herself with the popular deity, as did most of the dynasty’s ...

For ten generations her family, the Ptolemies, had styled themselves pharaohs. They were in fact Macedonian Greek, which makes Cleopatra about as Egyptian as Elizabeth Taylor. She and her 10-year ...

Cleopatra, who reigned from 51 to 30 B.C., was the last pharaoh and perhaps one of the ... they were turned into mummies and buried with tools to help them navigate and live comfortably in the ...

The temple's dedication to Osiris and Isis adds weight to Martinez's hypothesis, given Cleopatra's identification with the goddess. Established between 280 and 270 BCE by Pharaoh Ptolemy II ...