Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

History is full of sweeping love affairs, from Antony and Cleopatra to Catherine the Great and Grigory Potemkin and many more ...

And it may have been in the mausoleum where, ten days or so after Antony's death, Cleopatra herself escaped the humiliation of defeat and captivity by committing suicide at the age of 39 ...

a team of researchers reinvestigated the possibility that the skull recovered a century ago was Cleopatra's half-sister. Radiocarbon analysis of the remains dated the individual's death to ...

Cunning, charming and captivating, the Egyptian Cleopatra was horrifying, yet fascinating to many of Rome’s citizens. Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the ...

told Live Science’s Owen Jarus that the statue may date to a period after the queen’s death. “I looked at the bust carefully. It is not Cleopatra at all; it is Roman,” he said. Although ...

to the death of its last member, the infamous Cleopatra VII (30 BCE). Their rulership style blended Greek and Egyptian customs, and their kingdom governed Egyptians who maintained their culture and ...

Cleopatra became queen following the death of her father in 51 BCE. However, the customs of ancient Egypt meant that she needed a male co-ruler and so Cleopatra married her younger brother ...

The latter was defeated by his rival Octavian in 31 BC. Cleopatra chose death by snake bite and Mark Antony died by his own sword. Cleopatra was the last of the Egyptian Pharaohs. This bronze coin ...