"Until now, everyone has had pretty much the same fix on Cleopatra: passion's plaything, sultry queen, a woman so beautiful she turned the very air around her sick with desire, a tragic figure ...

Express reported that the Queen’s jewelry for the visit—which took place from April 7 to April 10—amounted to nearly $12 million (or £9 million). On her wedding a ...

A highlight of Lewis' career came in 1876 when she, along with other expatriates in Rome, sent works to the Centennial Exposition. Lewis sculpted Cleopatra, a popular subject at the time.