When Ben Mankiewicz began work on the sixth season of The Plot Thickens, TCM's long-form podcast, he knew this one would be unlike the seasons preceding it in that the story was personal. The season ...

"Cleopatra's Final Secret" reveals exciting discoveries in the search for the burial grounds of ancient Egypt's last ruler. LOS ANGELES -- She lived as the last ruler of ancient Egypt, but little is ...

Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher has put together an exhibition about queens and Cleopatra.

In a recent interview for The Guardian, El-Arifi explains that Cleopatra started as “historical fiction,” but quickly turned into a memoir due to a lack of illuminating historical sources. Over the ...

An unprecedented discovery could reveal new information about Cleopatra’s reign. Just below the Mediterranean’s surface, in Alexandria’s harbor, lie the ruins of a mysterious ancient monument. For ...

The Egyptian queen, shown here in a 19th-century engraving, sneaked back from exile and surprised Julius Caesar. Granger Collection, New York Cleopatra VII ruled Egypt for 21 years a generation before ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Tancredi Scarpelli - Public Domain/Wiki Commons. Cleopatra VII is one of those historical figures whose name sparks ...

Daisy Dunn - Author, The Missing Thread: A Women’s History of the Ancient World In the first century B.C.E., Fulvia, Octavia and Cleopatra competed for Mark Antony's heart. Illustration by Meilan ...