In 1929, archaeologists in Ephesus, Türkiye, came across a skull in a marble sarcophagus at the "Octagon," an ancient ...
By the 1990s, researchers proposed that the unusual burial might have belonged to Cleopatra’s half-sister, who some believed ...
A mystery dating back nearly a century about a skull believed to belong to Cleopatra's murdered half-sister has been solved ...
The findings include hundreds of ancient coins portraying the queen of Egypt, a marble statue, and ceremonial vessels.
The mysterious ancient skull, found in the 1920s, sparked a wave of theories then “sank into oblivion” — until recently.
The Ephesus skull belongs to a young boy, ending decades of speculation about its connection to Arsinoë IV, the sister of ...
Cleopatra returned to Egypt as Caesar’s great-nephew and heir, Augustus, teamed up with Marc Antony and Lepidus to fight Caesar’s assassins. By 42 BC, Augustus and his allies had gained the ...
Two of the world’s most powerful men fell for her—Julius Caesar and Roman general Mark Antony. “MARBLE PORTRAIT OF CLEOPATRA VII,” CA 50-30 B.C.; CHRISTOPH GERIGK, AT ALTES MUSEUM ...
Ephesos (Turkey) in 1929. It was long speculated that it could be the remains of Arsino IV, the sister of the famous Cleopatra. However, the latest anthropological analyses show that the remains are ...
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 ...