In the middle of the civil war that would bring him to power, Julius Caesar spent the winter of 48 BC in Egypt. There he met Cleopatra, the woman who would set Roman nerves on edge for most of the ...

Cleopatra VII (lived from 69 to 30 B.C.) was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, which started when Ptolemy I Soter, one of Alexander the Great's generals, started ruling ancient Egypt in 305 ...

The Ptolemaic Dynasty, established by the Macedonian Greek general Ptolemy I Soter, ruled Egypt for almost three centuries.

a younger half-sister of Cleopatra VII. That gave birth to close to a century of intrigue connecting those remains with the ruling family of Egypt. But modern research shockingly discovered that ...

The four episodes present the awfully familiar linear narrative of Cleopatra’s rise and fall: from her ascendance to Egypt’s throne in 51 BCE, through to her famed affair with Julius Caesar ...

Over 2,000 years later and Cleopatra's Pools at the site of ancient Hierapolis is still popular with visitors who wish to ...

Julius Cesar and Cleopatra in ... 49 BCE he quite fancied ruling without his sister/wife. He conspired against her, so Cleo fled to Syria, raised an enemy and soon Egypt had descended into civil ...

The historic Egyptian city of Alexandria — the birthplace of Cleopatra — is experiencing ... over centuries by Alexandria’s diverse ruling dynasties. They have endured natural disasters ...

Cleopatra has fascinated us for 2,000 years. The legendary last queen of Egypt was the wealthiest, most powerful woman in the world. Today, she remains one of the most famous women of history and ...

In 48 B.C., Julius Caesar (Sir Rex Harrison) pursues Pompey from Pharsalia to Egypt. Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII (Richard O'Sullivan), now supreme ruler after deposing his older sister, Cleopatra VII ...

Concrete blocks installed to break the Mediterranean sea waves in Alexandria, Egypt. Climate change-driven rising sea levels and sinking land threaten the city's historic buildings. - Khaled ...