She may be one of the most recognizable figures in history, but we have little idea what Cleopatra actually looked like. Only ...

the ancient city of Taposiris Magna had been a prominent port town during Cleopatra's time. Its vineyards were famous for their wine. The geographer Strabo, who was in Egypt in 25 B.C., mentioned ...

A small statue discovered under a temple wall at the site of an ancient Egyptian ... not Roman, art styles. The Roman period in Egypt began in 30 B.C. after Cleopatra's death.

Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and ...

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 ...

Her fascination with -- and admiration for -- Cleopatra is intense. The last queen of Ancient Egypt, she told me, "spoke nine languages, she was a philosopher, she was a poet, she was a politician ...

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

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

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 ...

A first-century A.D. Roman would falsely assert that "ancient writers repeatedly speak of ... on Egyptian coins is likely her most authentic portrait. Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource ...