NEW ORLEANS — Carnival season officially hits full stride Friday night as the Krewes of Oshun and Cleopatra roll, marking the first weekend of major Mardi Gras parades. Both parades will be live ...

We're second lining closer to Fat Tuesday as the Krewes of Oshun and Cleopatra roll Friday night in New Orleans, starting Uptown. The pair of parades kicks off the NOLA.com Parade Cam presented by the ...

The winter offering of Synetic Theater is a grand story chronicled by Roman historians and subsequently immortalized by Shakespeare. A tale of sweeping grandeur, power plays, alliances, nations ...

A warship speeds toward battle as waves slap against the hull. Troops on deck glare at the enemy. The man in charge, the famed warrior Antony (Vato Tsikurishvili), is not merely commanding the ship: ...

The C2 Chevy Corvette, launched for the 1963 model year, is what vaulted the GM sports car into becoming America’s sports car. Now, a one-of-a-kind example that’s the personal vehicle of one of the ...

Step beyond Hollywood myths to uncover the real Cleopatra, the final ruler of ancient Egypt’s Ptolemaic dynasty. This documentary explores her Greek-Macedonian origins, exceptional education in ...

Meet the Night Train. It is painted in a Candy Blue shade, so deep that it almost looks purple, it is powered by an LT4, so strong that it pumps out over 600 horsepower, and has an interior so plush ...

After 30 years excavating Alexandria’s harbor, Franck Goddio’s team uncovered a rare temple linked to Cleopatra. But its appearance remained a mystery. Then they found tiny lead tokens, which offered ...

Cleopatra VII, Egypt’s iconic queen, left behind few traces of her reign. Beneath the harbor of modern-day Alexandria, archaeologists have uncovered ancient coins bearing her image amid the ruins of a ...

The 1963 film Cleopatra was a trailblazing project for a number of reasons. Elizabeth Taylor, who was already a well-established film star, snagged the lead role with ease as the movie’s producer, ...