Over 2,000 years later and Cleopatra's Pools at the site of ancient Hierapolis is still popular with visitors who wish to ...
The temple's dedication to Osiris and Isis adds weight to Martinez's hypothesis, given Cleopatra's identification with the ...
The first one was Cleopatra’s little brother Ptolemy XIII. After Cleo’s dad died, she was put in charge, but at the time women weren’t allowed to rule without a male co-ruler, so the easiest ...
Cleopatra followed, bringing along her young son Ptolemy XV Caesar, also called Caesarion, whom she claimed was the son of Julius Caesar. Romans did not know what to make of her. They were ...
However, the customs of ancient Egypt meant that she needed a male co-ruler and so Cleopatra married her younger brother, Ptolemy XIII. When Ptolemy reached the age of 13 in 49 BCE, he plotted to ...
Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII (Richard O'Sullivan), now supreme ruler after deposing his older sister, Cleopatra VII (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), attempts to gain favor with Caesar by presenting the conquerer ...
In Gadot's view, Cleopatra — the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt and a descendant of Ptolemy, a Macedonian general who served under Alexander the Great — was "so ahead of her time." ...