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 ...

Dramatic new discoveries in the ancient Egytptian ... Roger Anis After Cleopatra ended her life in 30 B.C., bringing the Ptolemaic era to an end, Rome ruled Egypt. Whereas the Greeks had ...

Cleopatra was ... Queen of Egypt, Cyrene and Cyprus, she was renowned for her passionate nature, beauty, intellect and determination to advance the interests of the Ptolemaic legacy. They were masters ...

On a journey through Ancient Egyptian art, Alastair Sooke picks treasures from its most ... II that proclaimed the pharaoh's power to the final flourishes under Queen Cleopatra, Sooke discovers that ...

Since then, Greek mummy portraits have been found all over Egypt, and they are now considered to be one of the most important types of art from ancient Egypt ... The last Ptolemaic ruler was Cleopatra ...

No fewer than seven Queen Cleopatras ruled ancient Egypt during the Ptolemaic period, as a new book explains. Everyone will be familiar with the story of Cleopatra, ancient Egypt’s last ...

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 ...

The papyrus containing the only word written by Cleopatra herself that has survived to the present day. Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons In the display cases of the Egyptian Museum of Berlin ...