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Jan 29, 2020 · Was Cleopatra (Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt) a Black African queen? How would we know? Here's a summary of the evidence.
In 2009, a BBC documentary speculated that Cleopatra might have been part North African. This was based largely on the examination of a headless skeleton of a female child in a 20 BCE tomb in Ephesus (modern Turkey ), together with the old notes and photographs of the now-missing skull.
Aug 18, 2023 · Was Cleopatra Black or was she Greek? Born in 69 B.C., Cleopatra ruled Egypt from 51 B.C. until her death in 30 B.C. Some say she was of solely Macedonian Greek descent, whereas others argue that she was part Egyptian, making her of African descent as well.
Apr 28, 2023 · One of Egypt’s most famous archaeologists and twice-serving antiquities minister, Zahi Hawass, was adamant: Cleopatra was not Black. “If we see statues and forms of her father and...
Apr 20, 2023 · Debates over Cleopatra’s “race” were reactivated after Netflix released a trailer for its four-part docudrama Queen Cleopatra last week, starring Adele James, a Black actor. The series is ...
The 2023 Netflix documentary series Queen Cleopatra, which appears to depict Cleopatra as black, spurred a lawsuit in Egypt claiming that the documentary was distorting the reality in order to promote Afrocentrism, and that Netflix's programs were not in line with Egyptian or Islamic values.
May 8, 2023 · She was not, in any modern sense of the word, “black”. Coupled with the fact that Cleopatra was the first member of the dynasty to speak Egyptian (her first language was Greek), that means...
Aug 9, 2023 · What's more, our conception of skin color as "white" or "Black" would have been foreign to the ancient people living at the time. Cleopatra VII reigned from roughly 51-30 B.C. and was the last...
Nov 2, 2023 · Was Cleopatra Black? The notion of Cleopatra being Black has been the subject of cultural interpretations, including some that align with the Afrocentrist movement , which seeks to highlight the contributions and influence of African and African-descendant cultures.
Dec 6, 2010 · It has been suggested – although generally not by credible scholarly sources – that Cleopatra was racially black African. To be blunt, there is absolutely no evidence for this, yet it is one of those issues that seems to take on a life of its own despite all indication to the contrary.
