Cleopatra is not only a supercolossal eye-filler (the unprecedented budget shows in the physical opulence throughout), but it is also a remarkably literate cinematic recreation of an historic ...

The search for Cleopatra’s tomb continues yielding new clues. This month, Egyptian authorities announced that ongoing excavations by the Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission at the sacred ...

First stop, ancient Egypt, where archaeologists working at a temple in Taposiris Magna have discovered what they believe is a bust of Queen Cleopatra VII, famed for her romances with Roman leaders ...

Archaeologists have discovered a white marble statue of a woman at an ancient Egyptian temple which they believe to be the ‘true face’ of Cleopatra VII. The discovery was made by an Egyptian ...

The first known emerald mines were in Egypt, dating from at least 330 BC into the 1700s. Cleopatra was known to have a passion for emerald, and used it in her royal adornments. Emeralds from what is ...