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WAS SHE RE

ABEAUT

The popular image of Cleopatra is the stunning
andfilms,especiallythe1963filmstarringLizTa
butdelicatefeatures.Thedifficultywithaccess
oftheEgyptianqueencomesfromthefactthat
Augustusorderedallimagesofhertobedestro
were spared are difficult to link directly to Cleop
is also in doubt due to there being no concrete
mother or grandmother were.
Historians know she was part Greek, which in
complexion with dark hair. The coins and few st
athickneck,withahookednoseandprominen
to suffer from bad teeth like everyone else of h
Egyptbeingseenasmalewasasignofstrength
nosedirectlylinkedherwithPtolemyVIII,soit’s
assume Cleopatra may have chosen to emphasi
isperhapsbettertoviewCleopatraasnotonew
conventional beauty, but instead captivated wit
intelligence and wit.

A depiction of Caesar
leading Cleopatra onto
the Egyptian throne

Cleopatraalsostruck
upafatefulromance
with Mark Antony

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