Cleopatra VII is one of those historical figures whose name sparks instant recognition, but how much do we really know about ...

Recent archaeological discoveries and scholarly research are shedding new light on the reign of Cleopatra VII, the last ...

In this painting, The Banquet of Cleopatra, also by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770), Cleopatra’s pearl is in her outstretched hand as she likely tells Mark Antony in regal Roman dress how she ...

For centuries, Cleopatra VII's final resting place has remained a mystery. Recent discoveries at Egypt’s Taposiris Magna ...

Cleopatra was a brilliant intellectual shaped by Alexandria, where her Greek education forged her philosophy, science, and ...

During her reign of 21 years, at a time when other states in the eastern Mediterranean were being assimilated by the growing power of Rome, Cleopatra managed to preserve Egyptian independence through ...

Egypt’s ruler was more than the sum of the seductions that loom so large in history—and in Hollywood Stacy Schiff The Egyptian queen, shown here in a 19th-century engraving, sneaked back from exile ...

“Red Notice” has arrived in theaters, sending fans on a twisty, globe-trotting treasure hunt with Gal Gadot, Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds as they try to get their hands on an ancient Egyptian ...

During her hunt for the Egyptian queen’s lost tomb, National Geographic Explorer Kathleen Martínez uncovered the sunken landscape near the ruins of Taposiris Magna.