Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bas relief fragment portraying Cleopatra. Cleopatra VII may have been the most famous woman in the ancient world. She was the last ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most people are familiar with Cleopatra—she ruled as queen of ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 B.C.E and is famously linked to Julius ...

Some citizens of Egypt are in a snit over an upcoming Netflix docudrama about the life of Egypt’s last pharaoh, Cleopatra, because the title character is portrayed as a Black woman despite most ...

Cleopatra’s race and ethnicity have been argued through the years by historians, with many coming to the conclusion that she was primarily of Macedonian Greek descent. “As Egypt’s last pharaoh, ...

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, ...

A recent German study ruled out the classical story that last Egyptian pharaoh Cleopatra the seventh died of a snake bite and found it more likely the queen committed suicide with a lethal drug ...

The Egyptian queen frequently surrounded herself with splendor, but luxury was less an indulgence than a political tool. "Anthony and Cleopatra" by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1885 The struggle with her ...

Hatshepsut ruled Egypt for 22 years—longer than most kings—leading armies, launching legendary expeditions, and building monuments that still awe us today. Yet she remains overshadowed by Cleopatra, ...