For decades, scholars have believed that a skeleton discovered by archaeologists in the ruins of the ancient city of Ephesos ...

January happens to be the birth month of Cleopatra, who arguably tops the list of the most fascinating women in history. She was not the first queen or power figure in Egypt—there were Sobekneferu, ...

Lest her subjects resent her Roman overtures, Cleopatra embraced Egypt's traditions. She is said to have been the first Ptolemaic pharaoh to bother to learn the Egyptian language. While it was ...

Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII (Richard O'Sullivan), now supreme ruler after deposing his older sister, Cleopatra VII (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), attempts to gain favor with Caesar by presenting the conquerer ...

Commander (1) Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh Creatures (30) Agent Frank Horrigan Bane of Progress Biophagus Bristly Bill, Spine Sower ...

Cleopatra was the last pharaoh of Egypt. After her death, Rome took the reins. The Egyptian pharaoh whose charisma, intelligence and beauty made her one of the most celebrated rulers of the ...

Like some misleading, clickbait title from the 19th century, Cleopatra’s Needles have no connection to the legendary queen.

much after Cleopatra's reign. The city of Taposiris Magna was established by Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus between 280 and 270 BC. Following Alexander the Great's conquest of Egypt in 332 BC ...

(Ra was the sun god.) Related: What did Cleopatra, Egypt's last pharaoh, really look like? All of the artifacts were found close together and were part of a "foundation deposit" at the temple ...

This was the start of a state that lasted for almost three thousand years. By the time the final pharaoh, Cleopatra VII, was in charge the building of the pyramids was already ancient history.