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

To give just one example, Cleopatra III sent her own mother ... Cleopatra II’s beloved son (and Cleopatra III’s own half-brother), Ptolemy Memphites. The internecine violence of the Ptolemies ...

Well, this is certainly what happened with Cleopatra and brother/husband Ptolemy, as when he turned 13 in 49 BCE he quite fancied ruling without his sister/wife. He conspired against her ...

To win Caesar's support from her brother, Cleopatra hides herself in a rug, which Apollodorus (Cesare Danova), her servant, presents to Caesar. The Roman is immediately infatuated. Banishing ...

Famed for her intelligence, charisma and political skills, Cleopatra VII ruled Egypt with her brother Ptolemy XIII. She defeated Ptolemy with the help of Julius Caesar and became Caesar's mistress.