In 41 B.C.E., Egyptian queen Cleopatra convinced Mark Antony, her political ally and lover, to arrange the murder of her own ...

Cleopatra II, daughter of Cleopatra I and sister of Ptolemy VI, ruled Egypt as the latter’s wife, soon to be joined by Ptolemy VIII Euergetes (“opulent”), their brother, also known as ...

A significant archaeological find has been made in the ancient Egyptian ... by Ptolemy II, a descendant of one of Alexander the Great’s generals and an ancestor of Cleopatra, between 280 and ...