As the official story of Cleopatra's death goes, the Egyptian queen locked herself in a mausoleum in Alexandria on an August day in 30 B.C.E. and sent for a venomous snake. After she received an asp, ...

Analysis - After the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut died around 1458 BCE, many statues of her were destroyed. Archaeologists believed that they were targeted in an act of revenge by Thutmose III, her ...

Few figures from the ancient world grip the modern imagination as powerfully as Alexander the Great and Cleopatra VII, the last pharaoh. They are the bookends for Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson’s new ...

Incredibly, Cleopatra was just 18 years old when she became the pharaoh of Egypt. However, one downside was that she had to share the throne with her brother Ptolemy XIII, who was only ten years old ...

“As Egypt’s last pharaoh, Cleopatra fights to protect her throne, family and legacy in this docudrama featuring re-enactments and expert interviews,” the Netflix site says in promoting its ...

It’s the first pharaoh’s tomb to be discovered in Luxor for over a century. Thutmose II had a relatively short and uneventful reign, but his enduring legacy is his family.

Strategist Or Seductress: The Enigma Of Cleopatra, The Last Pharaoh Of Egypt Cleopatra might have been a manipulator, but she was an able administrator too, a quality that has often been overlooked.

Archaeologists make huge Cleopatra discovery in Ancient Egypt temple The statue was found alongside a limestone bust of a king wearing a traditional pharaoh's headcloth.

We rounded up the most bizarre and interesting facts about Ancient Egypt that will answer all the questions you ever had ...

It was the year 30 B.C. when Octavian’s victory at the Battle of Actium ended the Third Civil War, turning Egypt into a mere Roman province. With this new political-administrative status, the dignity ...

Life & Luxury Arts & Culture Lessons in legacy-building from history’s most tenacious rulers The NGV’s winter blockbuster will take a deep dive into what it meant to be pharaoh – and the ...