After conquering Egypt, Greek and Macedonian military leaders took power and made Alexandria a center of commerce and ...

Dive into Cleopatra’s epic story of ambition and tragedy, as Lone Star Ballet fuses classical dance with modern flair in ...

S ome years seem to zip by in the blink of an eye, while others seem to drag on for far longer. But some, like leap years, ...

Answer: Both were assassinated. Both were age 56. And Lincoln’s death — at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. — happened 160 years ago today. How does revenge shape our politics and relationships? How ...

Where: Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, 1020 South St.

Sorry, I digress. Gradually, the Nigerian presidency is putting finishing touches to the sculpture of a village liar, Ìbídùn, that it has been busy carving. Or writing itself into the pathetic ...

Cleopatra, the Greek Queen of Ancient Egypt, and Marc Antony, the famous Roman general, conducted part of their decadent love affair on the Greek island of Samos in the summer of 32 B.C. At the time, ...

Queen of Egypt, Cyrene and Cyprus ... the bed-sack up with a cord and carried it indoors to Caesar.” Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra and Rex Harrison as Julius Caesar in the historical epic 1963 film ...

No fewer than seven Queen Cleopatras ruled ancient Egypt ... and then to use Julius Caesar’s invasion of Egypt in 47 BCE as a way of cementing her rule. She arrived in Rome for a state visit ...

A tourist submarine sank on Thursday during a routine underwater sightseeing tour off the coast of Hurghada, a popular Red Sea resort city in Egypt, killing at least six Russian nationals on board.

The limestone tomb chamber, dating to about 3,600 years ago, of an unknown ancient Egyptian king, discovered during excavations by Penn Museum and Egyptian archeologists, is seen in Abydos ...