A throne built on debt When Cleopatra inherited the Egyptian crown in 51 BCE, she took charge of a wealthy kingdom heavily ...

The Seleucid Empire was one of the successor states that emerged after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC.

Her twins Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene were made prisoners. But they still had a big role to play in Roman history.

Zahi Hawass continues his four-part series of articles on the world of the ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra The Ptolemies, of whom the ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra was one, considered themselves ...

Pharaoh of Egypt from 51 to 47 BC, and one of the last members of the Ptolemaic dynasty. He was the son of Ptolemy XII and ...

Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysus was a king of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt who ruled from 80 to 58 BC and then again from 55 BC until his death in 51 BC. He was commonly known as Auletes, referring to his ...

A series of volcanic eruptions may have helped bring about the downfall of the last Egyptian dynasty 2,000 years ago. By suppressing the monsoons that swelled the Nile River each summer, triggering ...

Netflix's "Queen Cleopatra", a four-part docuseries exploring the life and reign of Cleopatra, was released this month to almost immediate criticism. The series, produced by actress Jada Pinkett-Smith ...