Cleopatra was soon to become Queen of Egypt, the richest kingdom in the Mediterranean. With Caesar already notorious for his sexual energy, the two became lovers almost immediately. The following ...
The Roman historian Dio Cassius reported that Cleopatra's body was embalmed as Antony's had been, and Plutarch noted that on the orders of Octavian, the last queen of Egypt was buried beside her ...
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 ...
African Queens: Queen Cleopatra features British actress Adele James as the Egyptian ruler A Netflix docudrama series that depicts Queen Cleopatra VII as a black African has sparked controversy in ...
While I had heard about the controversy surrounding Netflix’s “docudrama” Queen Cleopatra ... The country of Egypt in particular has taken offense to the show altering their history this ...
As Cleopatra, Jones has a regal, luminous and fiercely in-the-moment presence as she rages, mourns, sings, swoons, roars in pain and silently calculates her declining odds. Much of the play, which ...
The Egyptian government has accused Netflix of misrepresenting Cleopatra by framing her as a Black woman. "Queen Cleopatra," the soon-to-be-released drama-documentary on the famed Egyptian queen ...