Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and suspect it may be of the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. The dig also ...

The Egyptian queen has been a Berlin tourist attraction for over 100 years. But from the beginning, also at the heart of a bitter row. Many people believe she should be returned to Egypt.

The jewels of Meroë’s first-century B.C. queen Amanishakheto were stolen in 1834 by Guiseppe Ferlini. Today they are on display in the State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, and the Egyptian ...