Cleopatra opted for suicide rather than submit to public humiliation at the hands of the Roman ruler, Octavian. An asp, hidden in a basket of figs, was brought to the imprisoned queen. She removed the ...

This ‘Secrets of the Dead’ presentation follows the excavation in the harbor of Alexandria, Egypt, of a temple dedicated to ...

“Queen Cleopatra,” Netflix’s four-part documentary on perhaps the most famous Queen of Egypt, has been very poorly reviewed. On Rotten Tomatoes it currently has a tomatometer score of 10%, meaning ...

I’ve never seen anything like this,' Bob Ballard, a National Geographic explorer, said about the recent discovery.

When it comes to Cleopatra, the enigmatic ruler whose political savvy — and romantic entanglements — have made her an endless source of fascination, Hollywood has never gotten it right. Elizabeth ...

Netflix’s four-part documentary, Queen Cleopatra, has proved deeply controversial, having received a shockingly low rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 2% audience score and 10% from critics. Produced ...

Douglas Blair is a contributor to The Daily Signal. In what is undoubtedly a far better contribution to the historical record than the program itself, Netflix’s new four-part Cleopatra documentary ...

Netflix has been diving headlong into the lives of powerful queens, and its newest four-part docuseries on Cleopatra is no exception. Queen Cleopatra delves into the life of one of the most iconic ...