King Ptolemy XII Auletes counted among his children at least three queens and two kings. How did one family produce so many rulers? The Ptolemaic royals apparently had a bad habit of executing ...

A diver uses a differential underwater GPS to locate the exact position of a sphinx representing Cleopatra's father, Ptolemy XII. © Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation ...

Claudius Ptolemy was a Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer who lived in the Egyptian city of Alexandria while under the rule of the Roman Empire. Much of medieval astronomy and ...

He was part of a delegation to negotiate a treaty of friendship with the Pharaoh Ptolemy XII. An angry mob chased and hanged the man from a tree – and not even the Pharaoh, who valued his ...

In 48 B.C., Julius Caesar (Sir Rex Harrison) pursues Pompey from Pharsalia to Egypt. Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII (Richard O'Sullivan), now supreme ruler after deposing his older sister, Cleopatra VII ...

Famed for her intelligence, charisma and political skills, Cleopatra VII ruled Egypt with her brother Ptolemy XIII. She defeated Ptolemy with the help of Julius Caesar and became Caesar's mistress.