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 ...

Egyptians say the influential streaming service is dragging an ancient queen into a modern, and decidedly Western, debate — about Black representation in Hollywood — in which she has no real place. By ...

Image Credit: Tancredi Scarpelli - Public Domain/Wiki Commons. Cleopatra VII is one of those historical figures whose name sparks instant recognition, but how much do we really know about her? Pop ...

History paints Cleopatra as a seductress. But there’s little we actually know about Egypt’s politically savvy last queen. One of the few women who ruled ancient Egypt, Cleopatra VII was destined to be ...