Cleopatra was born in the Egyptian city of Alexandria in 69 BC, succeeding her father Ptolemy XII in 51 BC and ruled until her death in 30 BC.

The Egyptian antiquities ministry has said that Cleopatra was “white-skinned” amid a casting row surrounding Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra. In the documentary, which is being narrated by Jada ...

Egypt is not here for the Black actress Netflix cast in its Queen Cleopatra docudrama and will making its own version that highlights her "light skin." ...

A new exhibition is revisiting the life and afterlife of the ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra at the Arab World Institute in ...

Beneath the ruins of Taposiris Magna, an ancient city west of Alexandria, archaeologists have discovered a vast underground ...

CAIRO, Egypt (TND) — A lawyer in Egypt has reportedly filed a lawsuit over Netflix's depiction of famous Egyptian ruler Queen Cleopatra as a Black woman in a new season of a docudrama series ...

Egypt has accused Netflix of misrepresenting history by casting a Black woman to play Cleopatra, its most famous historical figure, in a new series. “Queen Cleopatra,” which is released May 10 ...

Since the trailer for “Queen Cleopatra” dropped last month, there has been backlash among local academics and others in Egypt who claim Cleopatra is of European descent and not Black.

A government-owned Egyptian broadcaster has responded the casting of a Black actress to play Cleopatra in the Netflix docudrama series “African Queens,” which streams from May 10, by ...

This year has seen a number of artifacts recovered from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Egypt. The area has attracted ...

*An Egyptian lawyer is seeking to ban Netflix in the country because a Black actress portrays Cleopatra in “African Queens: Queen Cleopatra,” a documentary set to debut on the platform in May.