Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the biggest prize in the ancient world ... next 20 years. Cleopatra was soon to become Queen of Egypt, the richest ...

The leading archaeologist in the excavation, Kathleen Martinez, has long believed that the Taposiris Magna could house the tomb of Ancient Egypt’s most famous queen. Cleopatra VII was deeply ...

Using Strabo's ancient descriptions of Egypt, Martinez sketched ... for 500 years after the death of Cleopatra, one of her devoted followers. E OF A QUEEN,” THIRD CENTURY B.C.; KENNETH GARRETT ...

Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and ...

No fewer than seven Queen Cleopatras ruled ancient Egypt during the Ptolemaic period, as a new book explains. Everyone will be familiar with the story of Cleopatra, ancient Egypt’s last ...

most of us only know a handful of 'facts' about the life of Cleopatra (with most of ... painting the last queen of ancient Egypt as a cunning and determined ruler prepared to do whatever it ...

The Egyptian queen, shown here in a 19th-century ... A first-century A.D. Roman would falsely assert that "ancient writers repeatedly speak of Cleopatra's insatiable libido." ...

wrote to Pharaoh complaining of an Egyptian woman who doused him with urine and spat in his face.) It’s an insightful interpretation of one of the ancient world’s great civilizations.

Queen Cleopatra' was directed by British-Iranian ... s possible Egyptian ancestry and the multicultural nature of ancient Egypt.” Nevertheless, to drum up interest, the show’s trailer gave ...

Seaton also explained why “Cleopatra” resonates with her personally. “I really enjoy history — especially ancient history ... the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. She formed strategic ...