Cleopatra was descended from a line of Macedonian Greek kings who ruled Egypt from 323 B.C. to 30 B.C., when it was annexed by Rome, and many scholars contend that she likely had little, if any ...

The first-century B.C. Cleopatra immortalized by Plutarch, Shakespeare and Elizabeth Taylor was merely the seventh, and last, in the line of Cleopatras to rule Egypt in 193-30 B.C.

Cleopatra VII, who was the last Queen of ancient Egypt's Ptolemaic dynasty, ruled from 51 B.C. until her death in 31 B.C. Universal Images Group via Getty Images ...

In Gadot's view, Cleopatra — the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt and a descendant of Ptolemy, a Macedonian general who served under Alexander the Great — was "so ahead of her time." ...

One of the few women who ruled ancient Egypt, Cleopatra VII was destined to be the last of her dynasty. But while she's often thought to be a great beauty who seduced Julius Caesar and Mark Antony ...

Queen Cleopatra's Adele James on the controversy around the Netflix docuseries from Jada Pinkett Smith, which shows a mixed-heritage Egyptian ruler.

Egyptians have argued that Cleopatra had light skin because she was the last of the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt, or pharaohs of Macedonian Greek origin. The Ptolemaics largely intra-married, often ...

Netflix's "Queen Cleopatra" is a docudrama released on May 10. It has received a 2% audience score with more than 5,000 ratings, possibly the lowest in TV history.