Featured artefacts from The British Museum’s world-famous collection include the double-headed serpent of the Aztecs, the ...

For centuries, depictions of Cleopatra have emphasised her beauty and romantic entanglements – much more so than her ...

We do not know whether Cleopatra loved either Antony or Caesar, but we do know that she got them to do her bidding. From the Roman point of view, she "enslaved" them both.

Two of the newfound silver coins portray the wives of the Roman emperors, including Faustina I, the wife of Antoninus Pius, and Faustina II, the wife of Marcus Aurelius, shown here. Image 2 of 3 ...

Cleopatra was a manipulative politician, which helped her to survive. She had a son with Julius Caesar, Caesarion, who was known as Ptolemy XV Caesar. Ptolemy Philadelphus and twins Cleopatra Selene ...

Archaeologists have discovered Roman-era inscriptions and a corroded coin inside Spain’s Cova de les Dones cave. The artefacts, dating back nearly 1,900 years, suggest the cave was used for ...

This is largely due to the fact that Octavian Augustus, the first Roman emperor, ordered that all images of the queen be destroyed after he triumphed over Cleopatra and her ally and lover Mark Anthony ...

As Jarus explains, pharaohs were portrayed in Egyptian art styles during the Ptolemaic dynasty, not Roman. The Roman period in Egypt began in 30 B.C.E. after Cleopatra's death.

Among the findings reported by Dominican archaeologist Kathleen Martinez, who has been digging at the site since 2005 in search of Cleopatra VII’s tomb, were 337 ancient coins bearing the queen ...

Cleopatra started producing a Roman coin while she was living with her new lover Marc Antony. This Roman Denarius is very unique for bearing portraits on both sides of it.

A statue possibly representing Cleopatra VII along with coins were recently discovered in Alexandria, Egypt. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (Egypt) A statue and 337 coins bearing the ...