Coming to Netflix screens next month: Queen Cleopatra, a four-part "docudrama," incorporating interviews from experts as well as reenactments and narrated by Jada Pinkett Smith. But a heated debate ...

A new Netflix series has ignited backlash after portraying Queen Cleopatra as a Black woman. An Egyptian lawyer filed a legal complaint against the streamer, accusing the company of trying to “erase ...

Cleopatra’s race and ethnicity have been argued through the years by historians, with many coming to the conclusion that she was primarily of Macedonian Greek descent. “As Egypt’s last pharaoh, ...

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Actress Gal Gadot looks to be taking on another famous female figure in an upcoming movie. The "Wonder Woman" star announced Sunday on Twitter that she will play Cleopatra and will collaborate with ...

Egypt has accused Netflix of misrepresenting Cleopatra by framing her as a Black woman. Dr. Mustafa Waziri of the Supreme Council of Archeology said it's a "blatant historical fallacy." The ...

'Wonder Woman' star, Gal Gadot has announced that she will be portraying Cleopatra in an upcoming movie. However, fans are not thrilled about it. According to Deadline, Gadot and Jenkins are set to ...

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Step beyond the crown and into the shadows of Queen Cleopatra's mind. This September, Mohini Dance School transports audiences to the ancient world of Egypt with Woman With No Wings, a bold new ...

The position of women in the New Kingdom was based on a unique combination of ancient tradition and modern sophistication. The opportunities available to most women were limited by centuries of ...

Gal Gadot on Sunday announced her casting as Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, a new version of the tale famously told in the 1963 Elizabeth Taylor classic. As you might have heard I teamed up with ...