Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian, and her family's shocking history is the key to her power. Trace her royal lineage back to Alexander the Great himself and uncover the web of ambition, palace intrigue, and ...

Before Cleopatra VII became Egypt’s most famous ruler, her family’s story stretched back centuries to Alexander the Great and the Macedonian conquest of Egypt. From palace intrigue and inter-family ...

It does, of course, pertain to the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, whose name still rings through history thanks to extremely enthusiastic reports of her beauty, her interactions with the Roman Empire, and ...