The Egyptian queen, shown here in a 19th-century engraving, sneaked back from exile and surprised Julius Caesar. Granger Collection, New York Cleopatra VII ruled Egypt for 21 years a generation ...

Archaeologists discovered a tunnel beneath the ancient city of Taposiris Magna in Egypt that may lead to the long-lost tomb of Cleopatra VII. The subterranean passage, stretching over 1,305 meters ...

Cleopatra was a daughter of Egypt – part of the Macedonian-Greek-Ptolemaic Dynasty that had ruled since the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. Queen of Egypt, Cyrene and Cyprus, she was renowned ...

Cleopatra’s Pools remain popular with visitors thousands of years after the ancient Phrygians, Greeks, and Romans also enjoyed the mineral-rich waters. Credit: shankar S. / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia ...

The 75.47-carat Hooker Emerald was worn by Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II, the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Photo by Chip Clark, courtesy Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural ...