Cleopatra was the last ruler of ancient Egypt, famous for her sharp mind and political savvy. She navigated tumultuous family ...

In ancient Rome, high-ranking generals and politicians used unique perfumes to set themselves apart — and now scientists have ...

The assassination of Julius Caesar was reenacted in Rome at the exact same place where it had taken place 2,000 years ago.

Over 2,000 years later and Cleopatra's Pools at the site of ancient Hierapolis is still popular with visitors who wish to ...

On March 15, 44 BCE – the famous Ides of March – Julius Caesar was stabbed 23 times ... a less macabre and more fragrant alternative. Cleopatra, the last ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of ...

In the middle of the civil war that would bring him to power, Julius Caesar spent the winter of 48 BC in Egypt. There he met Cleopatra, the woman who would set Roman nerves on edge for most of the ...

Two of the world’s most powerful men fell for her—Julius Caesar and Roman general Mark Antony. “MARBLE PORTRAIT OF CLEOPATRA VII,” CA 50-30 B.C.; CHRISTOPH GERIGK, AT ALTES MUSEUM ...

In 48 B.C., Julius Caesar (Sir Rex Harrison) pursues Pompey from Pharsalia to Egypt. Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII (Richard O'Sullivan), now supreme ruler after deposing his older sister, Cleopatra VII ...

Roman proconsul Julius Caesar conducts a series of military campaigns ... where he patched up the dynastic struggle between Ptolemy and his sister, Cleopatra VII. Little knowing she would become ...