Cleopatra VII may have been the most famous woman in the ancient world. She was the last of a dynasty that ruled ancient Egypt for around 300 years, from the death of Alexander the Great to the rise ...

Egypt’s Supreme Council Of Antiquities (SCA) has added its voice to the row over the portrayal of Cleopatra as a Black woman in Netflix’s upcoming docudrama Queen Cleopatra. The casting of actress ...

Netflix on Wednesday finally released its polarizing “African Queens” docu-series “Queen Cleopatra,” which depicts the Egyptian ruler as Black. But Egypt has already launched counterprogramming plans ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered an ancient hidden tunnel beneath a temple that they hope leads to the long-lost tomb of Queen Cleopatra. The massive tunnel was discovered by an ...

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. Most of ...

The Early Life Of Cleopatra | Ancient Egypt's Last Pharaoh This video is an extended trailer for the History Hit TV ...

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, ...

The director has also spoken out in defense of the show’s casting of a Black woman as the iconic queen. In response to Netflix’s upcoming docudrama African Queens, which sees a Black woman in the role ...

The series is set to premiere May 10. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The appearance of the heroine is a falsification of ...

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 Pinkett ...

An ancient tunnel discovered in Egypt is thought to possibly lead to the tomb of the famed Queen Cleopatra. Discovered near the Taposiris Magna temple, west of Alexandria in Egypt, the tunnel was ...