Her name: Queen Cleopatra VII, and her reign lasted for 300 years, between the years 51 to 30 B.C., until her tragic death. Those who loved her, such as Julius Caeser and Mark Antony, were ...

An ancient skull that was found in Turkey close to a century ago does not belong to Cleopatra's younger, rebellious sister, ...

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 ...

The epic 1963 movie also concludes with Cleopatra holding an asp on her breast, which bites her, leading to her death. Browder says this is "fiction," as there's very little evidence of how ...

According to some legends, Cleopatra died by suicide by inducing a venomous snake bite in 30 BCE alongside her lover, the Roman general Marc Antony. Harvard Assistant Professor of Classics Irene ...

The latter was defeated by his rival Octavian in 31 BC. Cleopatra chose death by snake bite and Mark Antony died by his own sword. Cleopatra was the last of the Egyptian Pharaohs. This bronze coin ...