They rarely mention her greatest weapon: a brilliant mind. Cleopatra, the last true ruler of ancient Egypt, was a master of nine languages, philosophy, and science, using her unparalleled education to ...

Her throne was stolen, so Cleopatra made the boldest gamble of her life. Discover how the brilliant queen smuggled herself to Julius Caesar, formed a legendary alliance, and used her political genius ...

Cleopatra’s story is often seen through a prism of great drama, romance and spectacle, her rule coming at the very end of pharaonic history. But her position as the definitive image of the ‘female ...