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

January happens to be the birth month of Cleopatra, who arguably tops the list of the most fascinating women in history. She was not the first queen or power figure in Egypt—there were Sobekneferu, ...

Young Ptolemy Philadelphus was declared king of Syria, Phoenicia, and Cilicia. Meanwhile, Cleopatra’s eldest son, Caesarion (believed to have been fathered by Julius Caesar), was given the especially ...

After reading about the skull that was long believed to belong to Cleopatra’s sister, go inside the enduring mystery of what Cleopatra actually looked like. Then, read about Caesarion, Cleopatra and ...

Later that year, Cleopatra gave birth to a son whom she called Ptolemy but whom the Alexandrians referred to as Caesarion, “Little Caesar.” Behind these rococo sexual maneuvers, Goldsworthy ...

It was long speculated that it could be the remains of Arsino IV, the sister of the famous Cleopatra. However, the latest anthropological analyses show that the remains are those of a boy between ...