Legend has it that Cleopatra took her own life by succumbing willingly to the bite of a cobra. If this story is true, was suicide by snake venom an easy way to go, or did the last Egyptian pharaoh die in excruciating pain?

Learn the reason for the death of Cleopatra.

Workers carved the 700-ton Obelisks of Luxor from a single piece of red granite.

From Egypt to Greece, explore different solutions throughout history for constructing giant structures like obelisks and temples.