Cleopatra was keenly aware that death was near, so she oversaw the construction of a mausoleum for her and Antony to share (the remnants of which archaeologists believe they may have recently ...

For over 2,000 years, the location of Cleopatra’s tomb has remained one of the greatest mysteries in archaeology. But now, new evidence suggests that archaeologists may finally be close to uncovering ...

Others argue Cleopatra’s death was caused by murder supposedly from political rival Octavian. Upon her death, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire marking it the beginning of Roman Egypt.

So, on this day 2046 years ago, Cleopatra committed suicide. Historian John Schmidt tells us about the death of Cleopatra and the fall of Egypt. World History Minute: Death Of Cleopatra - WBEZ Chicago ...

Cleopatra's was an honorable death, a dignified death, an exemplary death. She had presided over it herself, proud and unbroken to the end.

How is it possible that Cleopatra continues to enchant, 2,000 years after her sensational death? It helps that, with her suicide in 30 B.C., she brought down two worlds; with her went both the 400 ...

Only several hundred years after her death did she finally qualify as striking. Another thousand years needed to elapse before anyone decided—it was Boccaccio, writing in 1361—that Cleopatra ...

The Death of Cleopatra by Edmonia Lewis (1876) shows a carving of the Egyptian Queen after she has killed herself, rather than letting herself be taken by the Roman authorities.