*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Cleopatra has generated more fame — in the form of poems, paintings, books, plays and films — per known fact than any woman in ...

Netflix on Wednesday finally released its polarizing “African Queens” docu-series “Queen Cleopatra,” which depicts the Egyptian ruler as Black. But Egypt has already launched counterprogramming plans ...

Cleopatra VII may have been the most famous woman in the ancient world. She was the last of a dynasty that ruled ancient Egypt for around 300 years, from the death of Alexander the Great to the rise ...

A recent archaeological discovery at Egypt’s Taposiris Magna temple could bring researchers one step closer to uncovering the long-lost tomb of Cleopatra VII. The finding, a small sculpted bust that ...

Egyptians say the influential streaming service is dragging an ancient queen into a modern, and decidedly Western, debate — about Black representation in Hollywood — in which she has no real place. By ...

Queen Nefertiti co-ruled with Pharaoh Akhenaten, whose reign transformed ancient Egypt's religion and gender roles in the ...

A statue discovered at Cleopatra’s tomb allegedly reveals the Egyptian queen’s true face. An Egyptian-Dominican ...

The last Egyptian pyramid built for a queen, dating to the 16th century BC, has been restored, government officials said. Photo from the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities The ruins of an ancient ...

"Cleopatra's skin color has nothing to do with her accomplishments, which are immense." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Cleopatra ...

AFA copy 39088019013358 gift of Janet Stanley. Cleopatra is often portrayed as a woman ruled by emotion rather than reason; a queen hurtling towards inevitable self-destruction. But these tales of ...