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

Cunning, charming and captivating, the Egyptian Cleopatra was horrifying, yet fascinating to many of Rome’s citizens. Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the ...

“I looked at the bust carefully. It is not Cleopatra at all. It is Roman,” former Egyptian minister of antiquities Zahi Hawass told Live Science. He noted that during the legendary queen’s time, the ...

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and ... her position and Egypt’s independence for a time. Cleopatra has inspired countless works of art, literature, and film, cementing her status as a figure ...

Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists debate whether this bust found at Taposiris Magna truly depicts Cleopatra. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities But not all ...

It is not Cleopatra at all; it is Roman," Hawass told Live Science in an email. During the Ptolemaic dynasty, pharaohs were portrayed with Egyptian, not Roman, art styles. The Roman period in ...

Cleopatra was the last of the Egyptian Pharaohs. This bronze coin, from the University of Glasgow's Hunterian Museum, is one of the best surviving examples of the rare portraits of Cleopatra.

“It is not Cleopatra at all; it is Roman.” According to the outlet, pharaohs were portrayed with Egyptian—rather than Roman—art styles during the Ptolemaic dynasty, which could have ...