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 biggest prize in the ancient world ...

What images do exist are ... a century and a half before Cleopatra. In 2007, further supporting the view that the site was very important to the Greeks of ancient Egypt, the excavators found ...

Cleopatra, and Marc Antony spent time in their decadent love affair on the Greek island of Samos in the summer of 32 B.C.

Buildings in the ancient coastal city of Alexandria are collapsing at an ever increasing rate as a result of sea level rise. (Image credit: Tuul & Bruno Morandi/Getty Images) ...

The narrative of Cleopatra displays the art of balancing being a woman in power while also managing public perception. Laurie ...

Conjuring up images of Ancient Egypt typically involves Hollywood films — Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra or Arnold Vosloo as high priest Imhotep in “The Mummy” — but the ancient ...

A Roman noblewoman asks her friend about Cleopatra ... titular Egyptian monarch. An exotic enigma treated with a mix of fascination and revulsion by the Roman elite, the race of Ancient Egypt ...