Hovering in the background of ancient history’s headlines is King Juba II—writer, explorer, and ruler of Mauretania, the Roman satellite kingdom in North Africa, for almost 50 years until his death in ...

Really, it makes you wonder. What is with all the sudden flurry of interest in Cleopatra? This new biography is out; a movie is talked about, Angelina Jolie is mentioned as a possible candidate to ...

Another book about Cleopatra is comin’ atcha this holiday season. I get that Cleopatra was interesting and triple extra sexy and all that, but I wish there was more out there about the real Egyptian ...