Granger Collection, New York Cleopatra VII ruled Egypt for 21 years a generation ... He barricaded himself in the Ptolemies' palace, the home from which Cleopatra had been exiled.

No fewer than seven Queen Cleopatras ruled ancient Egypt during the Ptolemaic ... basis for his play Antony and Cleopatra, Cleopatra committed suicide in her palace in Alexandria by being bitten ...

The final resting place of the legendary Queen Cleopatra VII, the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt, remains one of ... the Mediterranean Sea, near her palace in the ancient city of Alexandria.

The leading archaeologist in the excavation, Kathleen Martinez, has long believed that the Taposiris Magna could house the tomb of Ancient Egypt’s most famous queen. Cleopatra VII was deeply ...

Documentary of an underwater archaeological expedition led by French explorer Franck Goddio that explores the sunken ancient city of Alexandria Egypt where Cleopatra made her home over 2000 years ...

Ancient Egypt ... tombs, and palaces, was probably extracted here. Aten also provided plenty of new insights into the lives ...

Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the biggest prize in the ancient world ... the winter of 48 BC in Egypt. There he met Cleopatra, the woman who would ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

However, one piece of the fabric of ancient Egypt is still missing ... does find a 4th Dynasty palace from Egypt's Old Kingdom, a find that could be among the most significant in archaeology ...

The Eye of Horus became one of the most important symbols in Ancient Egypt. Cleopatra wasn't actually Egyptian. She was a member of the Greek Ptolemy family that had ruled Egypt for 100 years ...

Cleopatra was the last pharaoh in Ancient Egypt. After her rule, Egypt became part of the Roman Empire. Egypt is now governed by a president. Islam is the main religion and Arabic is the main ...