Few personalities from classical antiquity are more famous, yet more poorly understood, than Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt. In the centuries since her death in 30 BC, she has been endlessly portrayed ...

Trysts were only one aspect of this powerful female ruler's life. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Cleopatra VII, often simply ...

Cleopatra has generated more fame -- in the form of poems, paintings, books, plays and films -- per known fact than any woman in history. As Joyce Tyldesley phrases it in her fascinating and ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Stacy Schiff’s erudite, well-researched and often witty reconstruction of the brief life of Cleopatra, now out in paperback, establishes in her opening pages the fact ...

Mythology, propaganda, Liz Taylor and the real Queen of the Nile Amy Crawford Contributing Writer The Egyptian queen frequently surrounded herself with splendor, but luxury was less an indulgence than ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Cleopatra was more than a queen; she was an activist, a mother, and a powerful seductress. Adele James effortlessly transforms herself into the famed ruler in Netflix’s ...

A new biography by Jane Draycott shines a light on an African queen whose career has been overshadowed by that of her famous forebear. By Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer When you purchase an independently ...