Cleopatra VII may have been the most famous woman in the ancient world. She was the last of a dynasty that ruled ancient Egypt for around ... being cast to play the queen in the Netflix show ...

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 ...

Continue reading for everything you need to know about the Egyptian Queen’s death and how it’s portrayed in Netflix’s latest docuseries. Cleopatra is known as the last pharaoh of Egypt and ...

(Egypt's last pharaoh was the 'love child ... a decidedly Roman viewpoint to his work on the queen. Despite our lack of understanding of Cleopatra’s life, she remains relevant today.

One in ten adults claim they have never heard of the Pyramids of Giza – while 21% are unsure whether Cleopatra, the last pharaoh of Egypt, really existed, according to a study. Other knowledge ...

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

By Vivian Yee Reporting from Cairo On this much, at least, everyone can agree: Cleopatra was a formidable queen of ancient Egypt, the last of the ... The pyramids and the pharaohs became sources ...

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 ...

“Queen Cleopatra ... Greek General who seized Egypt during the civil wars that erupted after Alexander the Great’s death, and established a dynasty that would last 275 years.