Caesar giving Cleopatra the Throne of Egypt. Public Domain The Greek queen of Egypt Cleopatra is associated with a very public love affair with Roman leader Julius Caesar apart from her glamorous ...

Cleopatra was not just a famed Greek queen of Ancient Egypt, but she also even created her own secret drinking club.

A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...

3. Honey Face Masks Cleopatra is sitting in her palace, prepping for an evening banquet, and she slathers her face with honey ...

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For decades it was thought that the family system of the ancient Egyptians was very similar to our own. However, Ph.D. candidate Steffie van Gompel explains that the reality is somewhat different ...

Calculation principles found in a papyrus scroll, and an author shares his love of lichens in this week’s pick from the Nature archive. Snippets from Nature’s past.

The search for Cleopatra’s tomb has been ongoing for years. Taposiris Magna, an ancient site founded around 280 BCE by Ptolemy II, is at the heart of the mystery.

From the pyramids of Egypt to the jungle-choked ruins of Angkor Wat, from the magical desert capital of the Nabateans in ...