Its ruler had no choice but to court the most powerful Roman of the day—a bewildering assignment in the late Republic, wracked as it was by civil wars. Cleopatra's father had thrown in his lot ...

In 1929, Austrian archaeologist Josef Keil and his colleagues made an intriguing discovery during excavations at the Octagon ...

“Using modern CSI methods, scientists have now found out that not Cleopatra’s sister was buried ... main street of ancient ...