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Cleopatra was no Elizabeth Taylor

by Anne Metz (Subscribe to Anne Metz's posts)
Posted Feb 19th 2007 at 8:56AM  
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Don't you hate it when Hollywood lies to you?

When I found out that the von Trapp family did not actually walk across the Alps to Switzerland as they did in the Sound of Music, I was in a state of shock for weeks.

Now that I know the ugly truth about Antony and Cleopatra, I'm feeling similarly disappointed. What is this ugly truth, you might ask?

Well, Antony and Cleopatra were themselves kind of ugly. A study of a 2000-year-old silver coin featuring the busts of Antony and Cleopatra revealed a somewhat unsettling truth about the famed lovers.

As you can see from the photograph, Antony had bulging eyes, a hook nose and a thick neck (meaning that he was no Richard Burton). Not to be outdone, Cleopatra was the proud owner of a pointy chin, thin lips and a pointy nose (meaning that she was no Elizabeth Taylor).

Clearly, science and Hollywood need to get their stories straight.
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henrietta, 2-19-2007, 1:00PM

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henrietta

Very funny!

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Michelle, 4-11-2007, 9:51AM

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No offense but what do you really expect when you talking about handmaking a coin 2000 years ago? Of course they aren't going to be accurate and your right she was no Liz Taylor because Hollywood never seems to portray Egyptians as black which was what they were. Come on though do you really think it's going to be as accurate as todays coins?

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..., 4-11-2007, 12:41PM

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hahaha Egyptians aren't black.

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Emmy, 4-11-2007, 1:40PM

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Nobody knows what ANY of these people look like. According to Europeans, including Americans, Jesus looks like a Hollywood caucasian with blue contacts and hair color by Ultress.

Egyptians weren't Black or negroid? What must Europeans think when they see the Great Spinx? Or when they see all of the ancient paintings, drawings and sculptings of Black Egyptian rulers and people? Why, they pretend it isn't there!

Antony looks ROMAN, which would be correct, but Cleopatra being ROMAN couldn't be quite true. Wasn't one of the reasons Antony was dispised was because he "fell" for Cleopatra? Why? She was a Queen. She had riches. "What" was the problem? White washing has been going on for a LONG time, and continues to this day. Poor White people, they hate the jews so much that they created Mormonism to get into the action they weren't included in.

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heather, 4-16-2007, 3:13PM

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Actually, Cleopatra wasn't black. She was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, which began when Alexander the Great died and general Ptolemy I seized control of Egypt. Ptolemy I was from Macedonia, an area near Greece, and the Macedonians were similar to the Greeks in coloring and build. The Ptolemaic dynasty didn't often marry native Egyptians; in fact, it's rumored that Cleopatra was the first in the dynasty to actually learn Egyptian. Therefore, it's assumed that Cleopatra had a lighter Mediterranean complexion.

A sculpture of Cleopatra presumably done in her lifetime can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ac.cleopatra.jpg

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