Cleopatra II, daughter of Cleopatra I and sister of Ptolemy VI, ruled Egypt as the latter’s wife, soon to be joined by Ptolemy VIII Euergetes (“opulent”), their brother, also known as ...

Experts have made a stunning breakthrough in the age-old quest to discover Cleopatra's long-lost tomb after archaeologists working at a site in Egypt said they found a tunnel that could lead to ...

Taposiris Magna, which is a city established by Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... Geographic: "Cleopatra negotiated with Octavian to allow her to bury Mark Antony in Egypt.

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 ...

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Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered an ancient hidden tunnel beneath a temple that they hope leads to the long-lost tomb of Queen Cleopatra. The massive tunnel was discovered by an Egyptian ...

Others argue Cleopatra’s death was caused by murder supposedly from political rival Octavian. Upon her death, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire marking it the beginning of Roman Egypt.

"There was so much justification of the Greco-Roman Empire and the world of Greece and Rome as opposed to Egypt. All the Orientalist paintings portray Cleopatra as this kind of witchy, seductive ...