Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

While Cleopatra is well-remembered today ... while the ruling class was prone to bitter in-fighting. Married to her brother Ptolemy XIII in her father's will, she united with Julius Caesar ...

Well, this is certainly what happened with Cleopatra and brother/husband Ptolemy, as when he turned 13 in 49 BCE he quite fancied ruling without his sister/wife. He conspired against her ...

For decades, scholars have believed that a skeleton discovered by archaeologists in the ruins of the ancient city of Ephesos in 1929 belonged to Cleopatra’s half-sister, Arsinoe IV. However, recent ...

In 51 B.C., Ptolemy XII died, leaving the throne to 18-year-old Cleopatra and her brother, 10-year-old Ptolemy XIII. Likely, as was the custom of the day, the two married. Political turmoil and ...

Cleopatra was born in Egypt in 69 BC – 68 BC. When her father, Ptolemy XII, died in 51 BC, she took the throne as co-regent alongside her young brother Ptolemy XIII. It is believed she may have ...

To win Caesar's support from her brother, Cleopatra hides herself in a rug, which Apollodorus (Cesare Danova), her servant, presents to Caesar. The Roman is immediately infatuated. Banishing ...

A cutting-edge analysis of a skull found in Turkey in 1929 proves once and for all that it is not Arsinoë IV, Cleopatra's half ... who took up arms against her half sister and Julius Caesar ...

The skull of a person long thought to be Cleopatra’s half sister was misidentified for nearly a century, new research from Nature Scientific Reports concludes, raising intriguing questions about ...

Famed for her intelligence, charisma and political skills, Cleopatra VII ruled Egypt with her brother Ptolemy XIII. She defeated Ptolemy with the help of Julius Caesar and became Caesar's mistress.