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 ...

The team headed by Dr Martinez, who has spent close to 20 years in the quest for Cleopatra ... II Philadelphus between 280 and 270 BC. Following Alexander the Great’s conquest of Egypt in ...

Hawass observed it seems to be from the Roman period in Egypt, which began in 30 BC, much after Cleopatra's reign. The city of Taposiris Magna was established by Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus ...

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 ...

Afterwards, Egypt fell under Roman domination. The identity of Cleopatra's mother is not known, and historians say it is possible that she, or any other female ancestor, was an indigenous Egyptian ...

But there is not terribly credible evidence that Cleopatra was black, and instead she was of Macedonian Greek descent. The country of Egypt in particular has taken offense to the show altering ...