Netflix’s four-part documentary, Queen Cleopatra, has proved deeply controversial, having received a shockingly low rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 2% audience score and 10% from critics. Produced ...

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Cairo — As soon as Netflix dropped the trailer for its upcoming "docudrama" about ancient Egypt's Queen Cleopatra, drama started bubbling up online. The preview quickly drew criticism. Some Egyptians ...

Cleopatra VII Philopator was an astute ruler who used her charms to win over the most powerful men in the ancient world as ...

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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 ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a trove of artifacts at the Taposiris Magna temple complex near Alexandria, Egypt, where some researchers believe the tomb of Cleopatra VII is located. Among the findings ...

"It is more likely that Cleopatra looked like our actor than Elizabeth Taylor ever did." Last summer, I was living in Venice Beach and had decided, due to a friend’s persistence, to visit a fortune ...

"We can be certain she wasn't white like Elizabeth Taylor," director Tina Gharavi said of casting the iconic ruler. "She was no more Greek or Macedonian than Rita Wilson or Jennifer Aniston." “African ...

Cleopatra, the Nile’s legendary queen, comes to The Field Museum on Saturday to captivate our imagination and conquer our hearts. Often portrayed, yet a figure surrounded by mystery, she is here to ...

Dr. Nally is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. Dr. Gilbert is an assistant professor of classics at Mississippi State University. The new Netflix ...