Tango01 | 23 Oct 2024 3:46 p.m. PST |
"Facial reconstruction of the Ptolemaic Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII (r. 51-30 BCE). This artistic representation of Cleopatra is primarily based on a bust from the Berlin Altes Museum, widely agreed to depict Cleopatra. In addition to the Berlin portrait, the features in this reconstruction are based upon contemporary coin portraits and a bust from the British Museum which may depict Cleopatra…" link More here
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The Trojan | 23 Oct 2024 9:16 p.m. PST |
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Redcurrant | 24 Oct 2024 12:39 a.m. PST |
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JMcCarroll | 24 Oct 2024 6:00 a.m. PST |
Stirring the pot again are we? |
35thOVI | 24 Oct 2024 7:36 a.m. PST |
It Can't be possible!!! She's not black!!! How can a family descended from one of Alexander's Macedonian generals, who married each other for generations, not be Black!?? :"But the Egyptians say she wasn't black. They even sued over it." Da#n the Egyptians! What do they know about Egypt!!?? The bloody audacity!!! Say it ain't so Joe! Say it ain't so…. 😉 |
Andrew Walters | 24 Oct 2024 8:43 a.m. PST |
If they could just find the tomb we could settle this. |
35thOVI | 24 Oct 2024 8:50 a.m. PST |
I do believe they found the skeleton of her sister in Greece or Macedonia, where Cleopatra had her killed by the Romans. Actually there are two different stories about this. An older one that she was found in Turkey. Another more recent in 2023. But there seems to be no consensus. |
Zephyr1 | 24 Oct 2024 1:50 p.m. PST |
"If they could just find the tomb we could settle this." An archie thinks it's (deep) under her temple and may actually be close to finding it (according to the PBS show I saw. I hope she finds it soon… ;-) |
Andrew Walters | 24 Oct 2024 2:04 p.m. PST |
Full sister or half sister? I believe Cleopatra's mother is uncertain. I would bet there are half-siblings. |
Perris0707 | 24 Oct 2024 2:07 p.m. PST |
History is what we say it is. |
Tango01 | 24 Oct 2024 2:50 p.m. PST |
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35thOVI | 24 Oct 2024 3:30 p.m. PST |
"Full sister or half sister?" You would have to read the stories on the web, I don't remember. |
John the OFM | 24 Oct 2024 8:40 p.m. PST |
Claudette Colbert was a pretty hot Cleopatra too. And I'm looking forward to Gal Gadot! But not the Cleo on HBO's Rome. Trailer trash. BUT… The facial reconstruction isn't all that hot either. But she did have great big tracts of land. |
Wolfshanza | 28 Oct 2024 9:11 p.m. PST |
I'd take Colbert over Taylor any time ! |
The Trojan | 29 Oct 2024 1:56 a.m. PST |
John the OFM wrote: And I'm looking forward to Gal Gadot! Gal Gadot broke my heart with her new facelift. It has destroyed her true character. In my eyes she is not the same. |