Both women were daughters of Ptolemy XII Auletes, although some speculate that they also shared the same mother and so were full sisters. Arsínoe IV was the queen of Cyprus and, like her ...

Ptolemy I Soter was a Macedonian general and companion of Alexander the Great who rose to prominence as one of Alexander’s closest allies. Following Alexander’s death in 323 BCE, Ptolemy played a ...

Arsinoë IV was the youngest daughter of king Ptolemy XII Auletes of Egypt. She was the sister of Queen Cleopatra VII and the kings Ptolemy XIII and XIV. Arsinoë attempted to lead Egyptian forces ...

and was completed 180 years later under the rule of Ptolemy XII (80-51 BCE) in 57 BCE. Remarkably well-preserved, the Temple owes its survival to being buried under layers of sand and settlement ...

Defeated, Pompey fled to Egypt, under the protection of the ruling dynasty: the Ptolemies. Seven years earlier, the Roman general had restored Pharaoh Ptolemy XII to power after a revolt. Little did ...

She succeeded her father Ptolemy XII in 51 BC and ruled until her death in 30 BC. Afterwards, Egypt fell under Roman domination. The identity of Cleopatra's mother is not known, and historians say ...