The Egyptian queen, shown here in a 19th-century engraving ... center of the Mediterranean for a few centuries after Cleopatra's death. Then it began to dematerialize. With it went Egypt's ...

The Queen of the Nile was actually the seventh Cleopatra in the Ptolemaic dynasty ... Augustus’ reign truly began after the defeat and death of Cleopatra. So, when he had the chance to have a month ...

121.3 x 103.2 cm. (47.8 x 40.6 in.) ...

Cleopatra was a daughter of Egypt – part of the Macedonian-Greek-Ptolemaic Dynasty that had ruled since the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. Queen of Egypt, Cyrene and Cyprus, she was renowned ...

This portrayal hasn't been free of controversy, though - the decision to cast a black actress (Casualty's Adele James) as Cleopatra caused uproar in Egypt, where academics claim their queen was of ...

In a world where textbook-worthy events are unfolding in real time, my generation, Gen Z, is failing to learn about or engage with them.

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the famed queen of Ancient Egypt, has been a persistent topic of conversation for years. Despite the fact that she ruled over Egypt, Cleopatra was Greek. Cleopatra VII Philopater ruled over Ancient ...

"Until now, everyone has had pretty much the same fix on Cleopatra: passion's plaything, sultry queen, a woman so beautiful she turned the very air around her sick with desire, a tragic figure ...