Queen Cleopatra was survived by her daughter, Cleopatra Selene, who would go on to rule a kingdom of her own in North Africa.

Kathleen Martinez, who has been searching for the tomb of Cleopatra for nearly 20 years, has uncovered a statue believed to ...

In short, Bianchi says, for Cleopatra “there is nothing that approaches the Western concept of a portrait in either ancient Egyptian or ancient Greek art.” A coin from Antony and Cleopatra’s alliance, ...

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 ...

G. Dagli Orti /© NPL - DeA Picture Library / Bridgeman Images A bronze coin with the profile of Cleopatra wearing a diadem. Coins found bearing her image tell conflicting stories of what ...

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. Having a foreign queen ...

She may be one of the most recognizable figures in history, but we have little idea what Cleopatra actually looked like. Only her coin portraits—issued in her lifetime, and which she likely ...

Artifacts recovered at Taposiris Magna bolster the theory that Cleopatra's tomb might lie hidden beneath its ruins. Items ...

The team also found a half-length statue of a king wearing the pharaohs' Nemes headdress, 337 coins, many featuring images of Cleopatra, and a scarab amulet inscribed with “The justice of Ra has ...

It's unclear which king this depicts, however. Archaeologists also unearthed 337 coins, many of which depict Cleopatra VII, near the busts. In addition, they found a variety of other artifacts ...

The deposit found beneath this structure also included oil lamps, a scarab amulet that reads “The justice of Ra has arisen,” and a trove of 337 coins—many featuring Cleopatra’s silhouette.