Queens of Ancient Egypt

Over 3,000 years ago, the Egyptian queen Tiye became a goddess on Earth and inspired a religious revolution that threw Egypt into turmoil; Tiye may have blazed a trail for the world's leading religions and the belief that there is only one true god.

Cleopatra II, namesake of the great Cleopatra VII, had a reign of incest, murder, rape and mutilation; she wielded great power and would do anything to keep it, and she saw her dynasty torn apart by hatred but also saved it from destruction.

Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Cleopatra the Great and Mark Antony, saw her dynasty collapse amid her parents' defeat and suicide; taken to Rome as a prisoner, all looked lost for Selene, but she rose from the embers to marry the African king Juba II.