The Roman poet Propertius called Cleopatra “the whore queen.” Cassius Dio referred to her as a “woman of insatiable sexuality and insatiable avarice.” They, and other Roman men like them, were largely ...

The ancient writer Strabo (63 B.C. to A.D. 24), who lived in Alexandria, wrote that Ptolemy XII, the father of Cleopatra, had children through multiple mothers.

One of the few women who ruled ancient Egypt, Cleopatra VII was destined to be the last of her dynasty. But while she's often thought to be a great beauty who seduced Julius Caesar and Mark Antony ...

Cleopatra was the last ruler of ancient Egypt's Ptolemaic dynasty. She was the all-powerful queen for about two decades, until her death in 30 BC.

Warfare was a way of life for many Ancient Egyptian pharaohs. A new Sky HISTORY series sees why several of their battles are considered the stuff of legend.

Cleopatra was not just a famed Greek queen of Ancient Egypt, but she also even created her own secret drinking club.

Cleopatra, queen of Egypt in the years 51-30 BC, is back in the news thanks to a controversial docudrama series on Netflix called Queen Cleopatra.Much debate has raged about her ethnicity. The ...

Cleopatra's long lost tomb may have finally been found 40ft beneath Egyptian temple Cleopatra VII Philopator was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and is especially known ...

Cleopatra's Needles are a separated pair of ancient Egyptian obelisks, now in London and New York City. It was transported from Egypt to London in 1877 and stands on the Thames Embankment.