Cleopatra may not have been ancient Egypt's only female pharaoh -- Queen Arsinoë II, a woman who competed in and won Olympic events, came first, some 200 years earlier, according to a new study into a ...

Cleopatra VII may have been the most famous woman in the ancient world. She was the last of a dynasty that ruled ancient Egypt for around 300 years, from the death of Alexander the Great to the rise ...

Most people are familiar with Cleopatra—she ruled as queen of ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 B.C.E and is famously linked to Julius Caesar. While much of her life's timeline is a mystery, there is one ...

Cleopatra’s race and ethnicity have been argued through the years by historians, with many coming to the conclusion that she was primarily of Macedonian Greek descent. “As Egypt’s last pharaoh, ...

The Egyptian queen frequently surrounded herself with splendor, but luxury was less an indulgence than a political tool. "Anthony and Cleopatra" by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1885 The struggle with her ...

Cleopatra may not have been ancient Egypt's only female pharaoh -- Queen Arsinoë II, a woman who competed in and won Olympic events, came first, some 200 years earlier, according to a new study into a ...