Cleopatra VII, Egypt’s iconic queen, left behind few traces of her reign. Beneath the harbor of modern-day Alexandria, archaeologists have uncovered ancient coins bearing her image amid the ruins of a ...

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Objects found in the temple of Taposiris Magna, including coins and the head of the statue possibly representing Cleopatra VII. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt The ...

LONDON – So maybe Mark Antony loved Cleopatra for her mind. That is the conclusion being drawn by academics at Britain’s University of Newcastle from a Roman denarius coin which depicts the celebrated ...

Richard Burton, of the manly jaw and resonant voice, and Elizabeth Taylor, of the raven hair and dazzling eyes, portrayed two of history's most romanticised lovers in their 1963 film as though each ...

BURG EL-ARAB, EGYPT -- Egypt's top archaeologist made his version of a sales pitch Sunday, presenting 22 coins, 10 mummies, and a fragment of a mask with a cleft chin as evidence that the discovery of ...

LONDON – So maybe Mark Antony loved Cleopatra for her mind. That is the conclusion being drawn by academics at Britain's University of Newcastle from a Roman denarius coin which depicts the celebrated ...

Beneath the harbor of Alexandria, archaeologists have uncovered coins bearing Cleopatra's image. Cleopatra VII, Egypt’s iconic queen, left behind few traces of her reign. Beneath the harbor of ...

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Antony and Cleopatra -- one of history's most romantic couples -- were not the great beauties that Hollywood would have us believe, according to British academics. A study of ...