"What Did Cleopatra Really Look Like?" Topic
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| Tango01 | 23 May 2021 10:09 p.m. PST |
"While Cleopatra is depicted on the silver screen as a great beauty who seduced the Roman leaders Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, historians don't really know what Cleopatra looked like. Only 10 coins from the reign of Cleopatra have survived in very good but not mint condition, according to Guy Weill Goudchaux in his article "Was Cleopatra Beautiful?" in the British Museum's publication "Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth." This point is significant because coins have provided excellent records of the faces of many monarchs. Though the answer to the question "What did Cleopatra look like?" is a mystery, historical artifacts, works of art, and other clues may shed light on the Egyptian queen…"
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| John the OFM | 24 May 2021 7:52 a.m. PST |
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 Dan Cyr  | 24 May 2021 8:33 a.m. PST |
+1 John And if not, I'm sure she'd say she did. |
| Tango01 | 24 May 2021 2:59 p.m. PST |
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| Legionarius | 24 May 2021 4:51 p.m. PST |
A Greek beauty. And intelligent and charming too! |
| Archon64 | 24 May 2021 6:50 p.m. PST |
AFAIK, no contemporary source mentions her looks. She is describe as witty, charming, engaging etc, but no one says she was beautiful. |
| John the OFM | 24 May 2021 7:02 p.m. PST |
Having great big tracts of land has a beauty all its own.
Coins have shown her to be … acceptable. Like the girl in the next cubicle in the office.
Elizabeth Taylor, and now Gal Gadot (!) have definitely improved on her. To be non-pc and non-woke, she was descended from a Greek dynasty that practiced "keeping the bloodlines pure", like the Egyptians and Targaryens. In other words, no intermarriage with the locals, and incest. Ptolemy was probably a bastard son of Alexander's dad, but if not, a red haired Thracian. |
| Yesthatphil | 24 May 2021 7:03 p.m. PST |
She was of mixed Macedonian and Iranian descent and very well educated. It seems to have been an appealing mix. But, on screen, Elizabeth Taylor has it  Phil |
| kiwimole | 25 May 2021 5:40 p.m. PST |
Dawnguard64
"AFAIK, no contemporary source mentions her looks. She is describe as witty, charming, engaging etc, but no one says she was beautiful." I'm not surprised – say something not nice about her and you could end up missing some vital part of your body – like your head (or something much worse). |
| Tango01 | 25 May 2021 9:48 p.m. PST |
Funny!
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| Augustus | 28 May 2021 8:09 p.m. PST |
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| Capt Flash | 11 Jun 2021 2:18 a.m. PST |
Aaliyah as Queen Of The Damned link |
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