I’ve never seen anything like this,' Bob Ballard, a National Geographic explorer, said about the recent discovery.

During her reign of 21 years, at a time when other states in the eastern Mediterranean were being assimilated by the growing power of Rome, Cleopatra managed to preserve Egyptian independence through ...

About 2,000 years later, Martínez recruited the help of a very well-known name in regards to underwater discoveries– Dr.

Archaeologists say they've discovered an ancient, long-submerged Mediterranean port, but for the head of the mission, the real treasure is still hidden.

During her hunt for the Egyptian queen’s lost tomb, National Geographic Explorer Kathleen Martínez uncovered the sunken ...

Cleopatra stood at one of the most dangerous intersections in history: that of women and power. Clever women, Euripides had warned 400 years earlier, were dangerous. We do not know whether Cleopatra ...

The alabaster head of a Queen Cleopatra statue, left, a part of a mask believed to belong to Mark Anthony, and coins bearing Cleopatra's image are displayed at the temple of Taposiris Magna, which was ...

When politics falls in love with pop, the result isn’t a romance. It’s a referendum on power, spectacle, and how we worship ...

Douglas Blair is a contributor to The Daily Signal. In what is undoubtedly a far better contribution to the historical record than the program itself, Netflix’s new four-part Cleopatra documentary ...

The post Gal Gadot’s Casting in New Cleopatra Movie Draws Backlash, Sparks History Lesson appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Another Twitter user angrily pointed out the potential biting irony of ...

Gal Gadot’s casting as Cleopatra in an upcoming biopic has ignited a debate about whitewashing and ancient history. The actress announced on Sunday that she’s re-teaming with “Wonder Woman” director ...

Few creative selections kick conversational hornet’s nests like a producer’s decision to cast a person of color in a role long associated with whiteness. Choosing biracial actor Adele James to play ...