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 ...

THAT the life and character of Cleopatra are among the most exciting and instructive in all history, and afford admirable material for dramatic writing, sounds like stiff commonplace. Yet purposing to ...

Image Credit: Tancredi Scarpelli - Public Domain/Wiki Commons. Cleopatra VII is one of those historical figures whose name sparks instant recognition, but how much do we really know about her? Pop ...

CYNTHIA D. BERTELSEN of Blacksburg writes a blog, "Gherkins & Tomatoes: Writing Journeys into the World." Shakespeare immortalized the notorious Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII in his play (circa 1607) ...

Even in outline, the life of Cleopatra Selene, daughter of the more famous Cleopatra and the Roman general Marc Antony, seems drawn from a romance novel. Orphaned at age 11 by the suicides of her ...