Cleopatra may be the most famous woman in Ancient Egypt, but she's hardly the most beguiling!

If you're after brains and beauty, check out Hypatia, a notable astronomer and defender of science in AGORA.

Find out why Rachel Weisz felt compelled to play this maverick woman, full of fire and passion, and why auteur director Alejandro Amenabar (THE OTHERS) ventured into a new genre to tell this amazing true story. Well mostly true, with a little creative romance thrown in to make it more... enticing?