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 ...

Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator was born in 69 BC into the Ptolemaic dynasty, founded by Ptolemy I, a Macedonian Greek, a part of the army of Alexander the Great, who had conquered Egypt and founded ...

The Pyramids of Giza, Egypt ... The Eye of Horus became one of the most important symbols in Ancient Egypt. Cleopatra wasn't actually Egyptian. She was a member of the Greek Ptolemy family ...

Queen Cleopatra would probably have been ... there's "no evidence whatsoever of slaves having built the pyramids," said Browder. "In recent years, Egyptian archaeologists have actually found ...

Courtesy of Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists searching for Cleopatra’s tomb have discovered a trove of coins, artifacts and a bust that they say depicts the famous ...

Archaeologists have discovered a white marble statue of a woman at an ancient Egyptian temple which they believe to be the 'true face' of Cleopatra VII. The discovery was made by an Egyptian ...

After 20 years of development, The Grand Egyptian Museum brings ancient Egypt back to life.

Cleopatra VII was born in Egypt, but she was descended from a lineage ... Magna "the finest ancient monument left to us north of the Pyramids." What was surprising was how little work had been ...

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile ... Kush prospered for centuries, but Queen Cleopatra’s death in 30 B.C. brought change. Egypt became a province of the nascent Roman ...