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

Archaeologists have uncovered several ancient Egyptian tombs containing dozens of mummies—some of which were found with gold ...

Egyptologists are arguing whether a bust just found at Taposiris Magna actually depicts the famed empress Cleopatra VII.

Archaeological discoveries often reveal intriguing glimpses into the past, and recent excavations at the Taposiris Magna ...

A team led by Kathleen Martinez, who has worked for two decades in hopes of finding Cleopatra’s tomb, has unearthed new ...

Instead, some have suggested it portrays a princess from the Ptolemaic dynasty. The team also found a half-length statue of a king wearing the Nemes headdress, 337 coins, many featuring Queen ...

Cleopatra is renowned for her role as the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, not to mention her political acumen, love affairs with Roman leaders Julius Caesar and Mark Antony ...

Are the cliffs of Athribis hiding a former sanctuary? In the small Egyptian village near Sohag, about 200 kilometers north of Luxor, researchers from the University of Tübingen, supported by the ...

Cleopatra, the last ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt whose life and eventual death were intertwined with Caesar’s, was renowned for her perfume. Its possible fragrance was recently ...

the Seleucid kingdom, and the Ptolemaic kingdom which survived in Egypt, which was finally taken over by Rome in 31 B.C. And what was the language and culture of the Hellenistic world? The ...

A joint Egyptian-German archaeological mission has uncovered a new Ptolemaic temple near the Great Temple of Atribis in Sohag. The discovery, led by the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA ...