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2 days ago · She has become a pop culture icon of Egyptomania since the Victorian era, and in modern times, Cleopatra has appeared in the applied and fine arts, burlesque satire, Hollywood films, and brand images for commercial products.
- Ptolemy XII Auletes
First Nebty name: wr-pḥti ḫntš-nḥḥ smn-hpw-mi-ḏḥwti-ꜤꜢ-ꜤꜢ...
- Cleopatra V Tryphaena
Cleopatra V (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Τρύφαινα; died c. 69–68 BC or...
- Cleopatra (Disambiguation)
Given name. Cleopatra (given name), a list of people and...
- Cleopatra Selene II
Cleopatra Selene II (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Σελήνη; summer 40 BC –...
- Early Life of Cleopatra
Birth and tutelage Marble bust of Ptolemy XII Auletes, the...
- Reign of Cleopatra
The reign of Cleopatra VII of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt...
- Ptolemy XIV
Biography. Following the death of his older brother Ptolemy...
- Tomb of Antony and Cleopatra
The tomb of Antony and Cleopatra is the undiscovered burial...
- Ptolemy XII Auletes
2 days ago · Sidney Poitier KBE (/ ˈ p w ɑː t j eɪ / PWAH-tyay; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat.
5 days ago · The City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center has announced a $10 million gift from the Leon Levy Foundation in support of the school’s Leon Levy Center for Biography.
4 days ago · Herman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia ; and Billy Budd, Sailor , a posthumously published novella .
5 days ago · Thomas Muntzer, leading German radical reformer during the Protestant Reformation, a fiery and apocalyptic preacher, and a participant in the abortive Peasants’ War in Thuringia in 1524–25. Muntzer was a significant force in the religious and social history of modern Europe.
May 3, 2024 · Benigno Aquino III, Filipino politician who served as president of the Philippines (2010–16) and was the scion of a famed political family. During his administration the country experienced strong economic growth, and he oversaw a peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
Bahāʾ Allāh (born November 12, 1817, Tehrān, Iran—died May 29, 1892, Acre, Palestine [now ʿAkko, Israel]) was the founder of the Bahāʾī Faith upon his claim to be the manifestation of the unknowable God. Mīrzā Ḥosayn was a member of the Shīʿite branch of Islam.
