Scientists thought its similarities to buildings from Ptolemaic Egypt — and the body found inside — meant it had been erected in memory of Cleopatra’s half sister, Arsinoë IV.

It is not Cleopatra at all; it is Roman," Hawass tells Live Science ’s Owen Jarus. As Jarus explains, pharaohs were portrayed in Egyptian art styles during the Ptolemaic dynasty, not Roman.

However, the ministry added in its press release, posted to Facebook, that many archaeologists disagree with Martinez, noting that the "facial features differ from known depictions of Cleopatra VII.

Cleopatra VII (lived from 69 to 30 B.C.) was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, which started when Ptolemy I Soter, one of Alexander the Great 's generals, started ruling ancient Egypt in ...

Cleopatra VII reigned from roughly 51-30 B.C. and was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, which ruled Egypt for nearly 300 years. When Julius Caesar came to Egypt she had a son with him ...

Growing up in Cairo’s Nubian community, we children didn’t hear about Cleopatra, but about Amanirenas: who ruled the Kingdom of Kush during the first century B.C.E. Queens in that ancient ...

Netflix aired a controversial documentary film about Queen Cleopatra VII where the ancient Egyptian queen was represented as black, backing Afrocentric claims that the ancient Egyptian civilization ...

Cleopatra was Black.’” Dr Islam Issa, a British-Egyptian literary critic and historian at Birmingham City University, then states that “anybody can imagine Cleopatra the way they like.

Netflix’s four-part documentary, Queen Cleopatra, has proved deeply controversial, having received a shockingly low rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 2% audience score and 10% from critics ...

Those who support the belief that she did also point to the fact that Egypt is part of the continent of Africa. “Queen Cleopatra” is part of Pinkett Smith’s “African Queens” franchise.