She was not the first queen or power figure in Egypt—there ... in history as the last pharaoh. History, art and literature have been enamoured of the complex life of Cleopatra, but the attempt ...

Today the woman who ruled as the last pharaoh of Egypt and who is alleged ... for 500 years after the death of Cleopatra, one of her devoted followers. E OF A QUEEN,” THIRD CENTURY B.C.; KENNETH ...

The first-century B.C. Cleopatra immortalized by Plutarch, Shakespeare and Elizabeth Taylor was merely the seventh, and last, in the line of Cleopatras to rule Egypt in 193-30 B.C. Their claims to ...

For ten generations her family, the Ptolemies, had styled themselves pharaohs ... Taylor has subsumed Cleopatra. Our fascination with the last queen of Egypt has only increased as a result ...

Cleopatra was soon to become Queen of Egypt, the richest kingdom in the Mediterranean. With Caesar already notorious for his sexual energy, the two became lovers almost immediately. The following ...

Cleopatra has fascinated us for 2,000 years. The legendary last queen of Egypt was the wealthiest, most powerful woman in the world. Today, she remains one of the most famous women of history and ...

An exotic enigma treated with a mix of fascination and revulsion by the Roman elite, the race of Ancient Egypt’s most famous queen is ... statement last month that: “(Cleopatra’s) ethnicity ...

Famed for her intelligence, charisma and political skills, Cleopatra VII ruled Egypt with her brother ... Cleopatra was the last of the Egyptian Pharaohs. This bronze coin, from the University ...

She may be one of the most recognizable figures in history, but we have little idea what Cleopatra actually looked like. Only ...