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This, essentially, would be the extent of Cleopatra Selene’s story, were it not for “Cleopatra’s Daughter,” a labor of love by Jane Draycott, and her attempt to bring the obscure ...
That Cleopatra ultimately lost to her Roman opponents, Roller contends, in no way diminishes her abilities. This definitive portrait restores the Egyptian queen to her rightful historical status as a ...
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 ...
Really, it makes you wonder. What is with all the sudden flurry of interest in Cleopatra? This new biography is out; a movie is talked about, Angelina Jolie is mentioned ...
Bust of Cleopatra’s husband, Roman General Mark Antony, at the National Archaeological Museum of Madrid. WH_Pics. According to Plutarch, on the day that Augustus and his Roman forces invaded ...
As its subtitle suggests, Ms. Prose’s ”Cleopatra” is less straight biography than an appraisal of the queen’s historical reception. The core of her thesis is sound: Cleopatra’s ...
Daily page view counts of Jeffrey Dahmer and Cleopatra articles in English Wikipedia for 2022. Author provided. However, the massive interest in the article about Cleopatra remains a mystery.