Debates over the race of Netflix’s "Queen Cleopatra" series miss the point of her cultural impact, according to a guest essay from the New York Times. Dr. Gwen Nally and Dr. Mary Hamil Gilbert ...

Queen Cleopatra was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, born in 69 BC. She died in 30 BC in Alexandria. Her mother’s identity is unknown, and therefore so is her ethnicity.

According to tradition, Publius Vergilius Maro, known as Vergil, was born on October 15, 70 B.C. in Andes, near Mantua, Northern Italy, and so he was a contemporary of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator.

Cleopatra VII, who was the last Queen of ancient Egypt's Ptolemaic dynasty, ruled from 51 B.C. until her death in 31 B.C. Universal Images Group via Getty Images ...

Egypt’s Supreme Council Of Antiquities (SCA) has added its voice to the row over the portrayal of Cleopatra as a Black woman in Netflix’s upcoming docudrama Queen Cleopatra.. The casting of ...