Cleopatra has generated more fame -- in the form of poems, paintings, books, plays and films -- per known fact than any woman in history. As Joyce Tyldesley phrases it in her fascinating and ...
Nothing kills a death scene faster than a rubber snake. The final scene of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra calls for the Queen of the Nile to die at the fangs of poisonous asps. Of course common ...
A peek inside a star's trailer? It doesn't happen often. Oh, perhaps fans get a glimpse in a DVD extra. Or we hear it described in an article with the actor. But owning the actual trailer that a star ...
LONDON — So maybe Mark Antony loved Cleopatra for her mind. That is the conclusion being drawn by academics at Britain's University of Newcastle from a Roman denarius coin which depicts the queen of ...
Cleopatra VII, a descendant of one of Alexander’s generals and therefore herself a Greek, ruled Hellenistic Egypt from 51 to 30 B.C. She was a reasonably able monarch. Judging from two surviving ...
PHILADELPHIA It may be best to dispel any illusions immediately. The only certain images we seem to have of the last queen of Egypt, Cleopatra VII, have no discernible resemblance to the painted faces ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
The release of Netflix's docudrama series African Queens: Cleopatra has sparked a controversy over the skin-tone of the lead actress. But do we know the actual heritage of the Queen of the Ptolemaic ...
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The plot of Freaks is rather simple. Slightly based on the short story, “Spurs” by Tod Robbins, ...