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Bust That May Depict Famous Egyptian Queen Cleopatra VII Unearthed by Archaeologists at Ancient Tomb in Alexandria, Egypt
She was one of the most famous rulers of Ancient Egypt and other territories across the Middle East, in addition to being one of the last in a series of the Ptolemies. Her name: Queen Cleopatra ...
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Possible bust of Cleopatra VII found at ancient Egyptian temple
A small statue discovered under a temple wall at the site of an ancient Egyptian city may depict Cleopatra VII, the Egyptian queen who romanced Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, according to the ...
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The search for Cleopatra
Ancient historians praised her allure ... as did most of the dynasty’s queens. Cleopatra VII was born in Egypt, but she was descended from a lineage of Greek kings and queens who had ruled ...
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Relief sculpture of Cleopatra at the Temple of Hathor, Dandara, Egypt
Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the biggest prize in the ancient world ... next 20 years. Cleopatra was soon to become Queen of Egypt, the richest ...
Numismatic News19h
Egyptian Coins Feature Cleopatra
A cache of 337 coins bearing Cleopatra VII’s image sheds new light on the age of the Temple of Taposiris Magna—and the ...
Daily Express1mon
Ancient Egypt breakthrough amid major discovery on 'Cleopatra's half-sister' skull
Archaeologists have discovered that a skull that was believed to belong to Arsinoë IV, Cleopatra's half-sister ... temple dedicated to Artemis, the ancient Greek goddess of the hunt.
University of Manchester6mon
Snake unlikely to have killed Cleopatra
Cobras or vipers would have been too large to get unseen into the queen’s palace. Unlikely Cleopatra was killed by a snake bite Ancient Egyptians rightly believed that cobras were good mothers ...
Middle East Eye7mon
Egypt is a broken country. Netflix’s Cleopatra provocation is the last thing it needs
Queen Cleopatra' was directed by British-Iranian ... s possible Egyptian ancestry and the multicultural nature of ancient Egypt.” Nevertheless, to drum up interest, the show’s trailer gave ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency26d
Gal Gadot to star as Egyptian queen Cleopatra in historical biopic
(JTA) — Gal Gadot will channel a real-life wonder woman as the star of a blockbuster film about the Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The Israeli star will work on the film alongside “Wonder Woman ...
University of Manchester1y
Researchers extol skills of ancient Egyptian medics
Though previous research by University of Manchester Egyptologists dismissed the long-held argument that the ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra was killed by a snake, bites by scorpions and snakes were ...
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10 things about ancient Egypt that movies and TV got wrong, according to an expert
Movies and television have a way of influencing the way we see the world. When it comes to ancient Egypt, they can draw the portrait of pharaohs ruling Egypt with an iron fist, cruel torture, and ...