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Cleopatra was, in fact, much more than the Hollywood seductress of legend. ... She was the 7th Cleopatra Known simply as Cleopatra (Greek: “Famous in Her Father,” 51 ...
The monumental legacy of Cleopatra, Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, is frequently eclipsed by reductive contemporary discussions over her identity. She has been variously claimed as ...
So you think you know Cleopatra? A new biography of the ancient Egyptian leader challenges many of the myths that have defined her over the centuries. Book critic Joan Baum has this review.
A statue discovered at Cleopatra's tomb allegedly reveals the Egyptian queen's true face. An Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission in collaboration with the National University Pedro ...
The first-century B.C. Cleopatra immortalized by Plutarch, Shakespeare and Elizabeth Taylor was merely the seventh, and last, in the line of Cleopatras to rule Egypt in 193-30 B.C.
Netflix's 'Queen Cleopatra' director defended the series in a Friday essay following allegations of 'blackwashing' and falsifying ancient Egyptian history.
Greg Jenner is joined by Dr Shushma Malik and comedian Thanyia Moore to learn about Cleopatra. Cleopatra, the seventh Ancient Egyptian Queen to bear that name, was born around 69 BCE and she’s ...
Cleopatra was descended from a line of Macedonian Greek kings who ruled Egypt from 323 B.C. to 30 B.C., ... Since Arabs conquered Egypt in the seventh century, ...
There he met Cleopatra, the woman who would set Roman nerves on edge for most of the next 20 years. Cleopatra was soon to become Queen of Egypt, the richest kingdom in the Mediterranean.
The Met’s ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ Reframes Ancient Tragedy Through the Lens of Propaganda John Adams’s opera sizzles and then loses steam in Elkhanah Pulitzer’s 1930s-set production.