Cleopatra's image on Egyptian coins is likely her most authentic portrait. Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY The Egyptian queen, shown here in a 19th-century engraving, sneaked ...

Cunning, charming and captivating, the Egyptian ... he met Cleopatra, the woman who would set Roman nerves on edge for most of the next 20 years. Cleopatra was soon to become Queen of Egypt ...

Researchers also found some 350 coins, many showing an image of Cleopatra ... during the legendary queen’s time, the pharaohs were portrayed with Egyptian and not Roman art styles as was the ...

But thanks to her alliance with Caesar and Rome, Cleopatra’s position was more secure and she cemented her popularity by speaking and dressing like an Egyptian while on official duties ...

most of us only know a handful of 'facts' about the life of Cleopatra (with most ... tries to fill in the gaps, painting the last queen of ancient Egypt as a cunning and determined ruler prepared ...