An archaeologist who has been searching for the lost tomb of Cleopatra since 2005 has issued an update on a recent breakthrough. Dr Kathleen Martinez issued the first update of the case since 2022.

Cleopatra was born in 69 BC - 68 BC. When her father Ptolemy XII died in 51 BC, Cleopatra became co-regent with her 10-year-old brother Ptolemy XIII. They were married, in keeping with Egyptian ...

Julius Cesar and Cleopatra in the Horrible Histories TV series After the stuff about hiding in carpets, bathing in milk and being bitten by snakes (more on some of that later), the most famous ...

In Antony and Cleopatra, by assigning Antony’s suicide to the end of act 4 and devoting the entire fifth act to Cleopatra and her delayed death—a structure found in no other Renaissance dramatic ...

Cleopatra’s Needle in London is seen from the Thames. Credit: Ktulucommonswiki. CC BY SA 3.0 “Cleopatra’s Needle” evokes the romanticism of the famous Egyptian queen. However, like some click-bate ...

This story appears in the July 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. Where, oh where is Cleopatra? She's everywhere, of course—her name immortalized by slot machines, board games ...

African Queens: Queen Cleopatra features British actress Adele James as the Egyptian ruler A Netflix docudrama series that depicts Queen Cleopatra VII as a black African has sparked controversy in ...

Plans for a new movie about Cleopatra have sparked a controversy before filming has even started. The role of the famed ancient Egyptian ruler is to be played by Israeli actress Gal Gadot ...

Cleopatra’s Needle is the obelisk that stands on the Thames Embankment in London. It was transported from Egypt to London in 1877. It is one of three similar Ancient Egyptian obelisks, with the other ...

Sat at a grand table, Cleopatra, ruler of Egypt, is about to dissolve one of her priceless pearls in a goblet of vinegar, showing her contempt for wealth to the Roman general Mark Antony, who, dressed ...

The master showman Cecil B. DeMille's Cleopatra (1934) is a modernistic 1930s costume spectacle that reshapes the Cleopatra story - the kind of film for which DeMille was best known. Unarguably, the ...