Cleopatra was Egyptian — whether Black or brown matters less. The controversy over the queen’s skin colour in Netflix’s docudrama takes away from her powerful legacy.

Queen Cleopatra definitely suffers from this problem, but in a way that’s different than Njinga did. In the first season, the interviews felt like window dressing for the well-acted dramatic scenes.

Egyptian archeologists discover ancient tunnel some believe could lead to Cleopatra's long-lost tomb. The massive tunnel was previously hidden beneath a temple 40-feet below the ground just west ...

In fact, Cleopatra was known as a powerful Egyptian Pharaoh. Queen Cleopatra stepped on the throne when she was just 18 years ...

Cleopatra lived between 69 B.C. and 30 B.C. and ruled the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt for 21 years as the final leader of Egypt before it was overtaken by the Roman Empire. The tunnel (left) and ...

Throughout her reign, Cleopatra was also careful not to depict herself as a wife or consort but rather as Isis, the great Egyptian goddess who raised her son alone, without her slain husband, Osiris.

Cleopatra personally led several dozen Egyptian warships alongside Antony’s fleet, but they lost the battle and both fled with their ships to Egypt. 6. Cleopatra’s cat eye makeup was to boost ...

Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and suspect it may be of the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. The dig also ...

Cleopatra VII (lived from 69 to 30 B.C.) was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, which started when Ptolemy I Soter, one of Alexander the Great's generals, started ruling ancient Egypt in 305 ...

Cleopatra VII, whose reign lasted from 51 to 30 BC, is the Egyptian queen who famously romanced Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. The dig unearthed about 350 coins, many showing an image of Cleopatra ...

A bronze ring dedicated to the goddess Hathor was unearthed as well. open image in gallery. Bust of a female wearing a diadem may depict Cleopatra VII (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities) ...

A small statue discovered under a temple wall at the site of an ancient Egyptian city may depict Cleopatra VII ... ring dedicated to Hathor, a sky goddess associated with fertility and love ...