You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. I must confess. Until I read The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra’s Needle, ...

Cleopatra is a famous historical figure. But how much do we really know about her? Virtually everything we’ve learned about the Egyptian’s queen’s 21-year rule and her relationships with the Roman ...

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 celebrated ...