ABUSIR, Egypt (CNN)-- Today, I met Cleopatra's lawyer. Well, not her lawyer but someone who is determined to defend the legendary queen against centuries of bad publicity. Kathleen Martinez is a ...

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 ...

VIENNA –– For nearly a century, archaeologists and historians believed a well-preserved skull discovered in an ancient Turkish tomb belonged to an Egyptian princess. New research has ...

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 ...

But this, in fact, enraged Caesar who set off for Egypt himself. Caesar demanded an explanation from Ptolemy, and Cleopatra and ordered them both to appear before him. This was tricky for Cleo as ...

In Asia, there were the Seleucids; in Egypt, the Ptolemies. The first Cleopatra was a Seleucid princess who married into the Ptolemaic royal house, while her later namesakes were Ptolemaic ...

A significant archaeological find has been made in the ancient Egyptian city of Taposiris Magna, which could finally see the discovery of Cleopatra VII’s long-lost tomb. A tunnel, partially ...

Netflix said on Wednesday that it is releasing a new documentary about the life of Queen Cleopatra but with one significant change, her ethnicity. For the nth time, the Egyptian Queen ...

A Roman noblewoman asks her friend about Cleopatra in Cecil B DeMille’s garish Hollywood epic starring Oscar winner Claudette Colbert as the titular Egyptian monarch. An exotic enigma treated ...

Egypt goes from glory to disaster in this lively ... and various queens culminating with Cleopatra VII, who almost restored the family’s fortunes with her canny manipulation of Caesar and ...