Arsinoe IV was the youngest sister of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra — and she became a tragic victim of her powerful sibling’s political plots. Amidst the Alexandrian War, Arsinoe had attempted ...

A statue discovered at Cleopatra’s tomb allegedly reveals the Egyptian queen’s true face. An Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission in collaboration with the National University Pedro ...

Before her arrival there, Cleopatra Syra’s mother-in-law, Arsinoe III, had outlived her political utility—literally—and was the “second Ptolemaic queen-consort to die through the mindless ...

The Egyptian queen, shown here in a 19th-century engraving, sneaked back from exile and surprised Julius Caesar. Granger Collection, New York Cleopatra VII ruled Egypt for 21 years a generation ...

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A Roman general and an Egyptian queen, Mark Antony and Cleopatra flaunted their scandalous love affair while challenging the power of Rome. This 1883 painting by Lawrence Alma-Tadema shows Mark ...

Cleopatra is a famous historical figure. But how much do we really know about her? Virtually everything we’ve learned about the Egyptian’s queen’s 21-year rule and her relationships with the ...