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The Institut du monde arabe (Arab World Institute) in Paris aims to change that with “The Mystery of Cleopatra”, a new ...
The ‘Queen Cleopatra’ Uproar Explained. The reaction to Netflix’s documentary series is a combination of historical inaccuracy, sincere bad reviews, and yes, a lot of racism ...
The critic in me generally favors examining the merits of a work of art as it is instead of wishing it were something entirely different. But "Queen Cleopatra" merits both approaches, along with ...
The search for Cleopatra's long-lost tomb continues. One archaeologist thinks we are closer than ever to finding it. The Egyptian queen may rest in the ancient city of Alexandria, which now lies ...
Lewis biographer Kirsten Buick spoke with Sidedoor host Lizzie Peabody for the 2019 episode “Finding Cleopatra,” a classic from Season 4 that the National Portrait Gallery, home to a gorgeous ...
Archaeologists were dumbfounded when they unearthed a small white marble statue under the suspected temple of Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. The statue shows a female wearing a royal crown, which ...
A statue discovered at Cleopatra's tomb allegedly reveals the Egyptian queen's true face. An Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission in collaboration with the National University Pedro ...
The dig was led by Kathleen Martinez, who has been searching for Cleopatra’s long-lost tomb for 20 years now at this very site, just west of Alexandria. Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus founded ...
Among the findings reported by Dominican archaeologist Kathleen Martinez, who has been digging at the site since 2005 in search of Cleopatra VII’s tomb, were 337 ancient coins bearing the queen ...
Looked upon by Cleopatra and Queen Victoria 19 centuries apart, lost at sea, and dragged through Manhattan: The incredible tale of the obelisks of Paris, NYC, and London.
He noted that during the queen's time, pharaohs were portrayed in Egyptian art styles, and not Roman. Other archaeologists have suggested the bust belongs to a princess who lived after Cleopatra's ...