Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

A mortuary built by a woman who ruled Egypt was found in the area of Deir ... deposit" which is a collection of objects that the ancient builders buried at the time of constructing the temple.

Ahmad Hasaballah / Getty Images Ancient Egypt was primarily ruled by men, with only a handful of women successfully coming to power. One of them was Hatshepsut, the sixth pharaoh of the 18th ...