Queen Cleopatra was survived by her daughter, Cleopatra Selene, who would go on to rule a kingdom of her own in North Africa.

A Roman general and an Egyptian queen, Mark Antony and Cleopatra flaunted their scandalous love affair while challenging the power of Rome. This 1883 painting by Lawrence Alma-Tadema shows Mark ...

Archaeologist Kathleen Martinez has spent more than 20 years searching for the tomb of Cleopatra VII and now claims to have found the final resting place of the famous queen ...

Kathleen Martinez, who has spent nearly two decades searching for the elusive tomb of Cleopatra VII, claims to have ...

In a two-part series, Zahi Hawass gives an outline history of ancient and modern Egypt similar ... in 269 CE by queen Zenobia of Palmyra (Syria), who claimed to be related to Cleopatra VII.

Africa is changing fast with some of the world’s biggest and fastest-growing cities found across the continent. Many British ...

Mythology, whether Egyptian, Greek, or Roman mythology, has played a role in all our lives as stories, myths and legends that have influenced ...

Students at Cairo University’s Faculty of Mass Communication have been bucking some trends of digital journalism by producing ...

The Cannes 2025 closing ceremony showcased a breathtaking display of cinema and couture, but actress Deepti Sadhwani was the ...

The closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival 2025 was nothing short of a grand affair, drawing a constellation of global ...

From sequins, to Austen to the Great Pyramids of Giza. Eithne Farry has picked out the best of May's historical fiction ...