But this, in fact, enraged Caesar who set off for Egypt himself. Caesar demanded an explanation from Ptolemy, and Cleopatra and ordered them both to appear before him. This was tricky for Cleo as ...
The Roman period in Egypt began in 30 B.C. after Cleopatra's death. Her tomb has never been found. Taposiris Magna was a city founded around 280 B.C. near the Mediterranean Sea; it had a number of ...
born Cleopatra VII Philopator, was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Although she governed Egypt, she descended from a Greek family, and Greek remained her mother tongue.
They linked the tomb’s architecture to ancient Egypt and put forward a new theory: This could be the skull of Cleopatra VII’s half-sister, Arsinoë IV, who was “murdered in Ephesos around 41 ...