Cleopatra VII, the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, remains one of history’s most studied and debated figures. While much is known about her political alliances and dramatic death, ...

Mummies of noble birth have been dug up from all over Egypt, but some of the most notable figures in the region have yet to be found. The body of Queen Cleopatra has been notoriously difficult to ...

Thesse statue parts—the head of a Roman woman and the body of one of Cleopatra’s ancestors— were uncovered during almost 20 years of excavations off the coast of Alexandria, Cleopatra’s capital. Much ...

The last of the Egyptian pharaohs and the Ptolemaic Dynasty, Cleopatra VII, died by her own hand in 30 B.C., according to ancient historians. Reportedly she had a venomous asp bite her in the chest, ...