Pharaoh Cleopatra VII, a Greek woman of the Ptolemy line, and the last pharaoh to read and speak the language of ancient Egypt, was not Black.

Massive sunk relief of Cleopatra (Cleopatra VII) and her son Caesarean decorates the south wall of the Temple of Hathor, Dendera, Egypt. (Image credit: TerryJLawrence via Getty Images) ...

As part of a plan by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities to preserve the Dendera Temple complex in Upper Egypt’s Qena and develop the area around it into an open-air museum, the ...

In collaboration with a French archaeological mission, Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities is developing the area around the Dendera Temple complex near Luxor into an open-air museum. Mostafa Waziri ...

The Roman-era mini sphinx discovered at the Dendera Temple Complex in Egypt. Photo courtesy of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

Smiling 2000-year-old Sphinx statue with dimples discovered in Egypt According to reports, the statue was found inside the Dendera temple complex’s two level tomb, where the remains of a shrine ...

The Sphinx-like statue, which is said to be in the likeness of Roman Emperor Claudius, was made near the Dendera Temple complex in Qena, Egypt, an area conquered by the empire after the taking of ...

Egyptian archeologists have lifted out of the Mediterranean Sea an ancient granite temple pylon from the palace complex of Cleopatra, submerged in the waters of Alexandria's harbor.

Christian Edwards, CNN Kathleen Martinez, an archaeologist at the University of Santo Domingo, has been searching for the lost tomb of Cleopatra for nearly 20 years. Now she believes she’s made ...