The coins featuring the heads of the various players in this drama are especially revealing. We often think of ancient coin portraits as generic: rulers’ heads in profile without much individuality.

Most of the coins were produced when Cleopatra was in her late 30s and often she is associated with Antony, whose portrait appears on the other side. Egypt's key sites mapped (Image: GETTY) ...

EGYPT archaeologist Kathleen Martinez is convinced that she has pinpointed the final resting place of Queen Cleopatra, after discovering 200 coins depicting her face at an ancient temple site in ...

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 ...

The coin portraits are more explicit. Even allowing for inexpert engraving and for a certain authoritative posturing, Cleopatra had a lean face, angular and alert. The chin was sharp and prominent ...

Rehabilitating Cleopatra. Egypt’s ruler was more than the sum of the seductions that loom so large in history—and in Hollywood ...

The allure of Cleopatra, the last pharaoh of Egypt, has captivated the imagination of historians, artists, and storytellers for centuries. Yet, one enduring mystery remains at the heart of her legend: ...

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 ...

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 that depicts the ...