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Photograph by Brent Stirton

Photograph by Naqib Albar

Photograph by George Steinmetz

Photograph by Gerd Ludwig

Photograph by Michael Melford

Photograph by Brent Stirton

Photograph by Brian Yen

Photograph by Leslie Pratt

That's Cleopatra on the left side of a wall at a temple at Dendera—one of the few images that bear her name. She is shown fulfilling her role as pharaoh by making offerings to the gods. The appearance here of her son by Julius Caesar is propaganda aimed at strengthening his position as her heir. He was captured and executed shortly after her demise.

Photograph by Jonas Bendiksen

Photograph by Baiju Patil

Photograph by Andrew Abrahamson

Photograph by Jules Gervais Courtellemont

Photograph by Joseph J. Scherschel

Photograph by Chien-Chi Chang