Cleopatra VII Photo @ Wikipedia.org Yesterday, i noticed accidentally a BBC report , published almost one year ago, entitled “Cleopatra’s mother ‘was African”. Although the report was related to an archaeological discovery, it brought forward again the famous ongoing discussion about the controversy of Cleopatra’s race At the beginning of the report we can read: “Cleopatra, the last Egyptian Pharaoh, renowned for her beauty, […]

  Sean McLachlan AP Photo/Nasser Nasser Archaeologists have pulled a massive pylon from the bay of Alexandria, Egypt, that was once a part Cleopatra’s royal complex. The pylon, a pillar of red granite measuring 2.2 meters long and weighing nine tons, formed part of the temple of Isis and stood right next to Cleopatra’s mausoleum in the year 30 BC. […]

“Στο φως” ο τάφος της Κλεοπάτρας και του Αντώνιου; Πηγή: Sky News, επιμέλεια: Νάντια Παπανικολάου – 20/04/2009 Ο Ζαχί Χαουάς κρατά την αλαβάστρινη κεφαλή της βασίλισσας Κλεοπάτρας (φωτό: Sky News) Τον τάφο της Κλεοπάτρας και του Μάρκου Αντώνιου ισχυρίζονται ότι εντόπισαν αρχαιολόγοι στην Αλεξάνδρεια της Αιγύπτου. Σύμφωνα με την ερευνητική ομάδα, το επίμαχο σημείο, το οποίο εντοπίστηκε με ειδικό ραντάρ, […]

Radar reveals possible sites of Cleopatra’s Egypt tomb Article from: Agence France-Presse By Rayad Abou Awad April 16, 2009 02:24am ARCHAOLOGISTS searching for the tomb of Cleopatra and Marc Anthony may be closer to locating the burial site of the legendary lovers, Egypt’s antiquities council says. A team led by antiquities chief Zahi Hawass and Kathleen Martinez, an Egyptologist from […]

Two thousand years after her death Cleopatra still has political relevance, and arguments over her racial heritage – was Cleopatra black or white? – inspire fierce debate, with ‘black’ variously defi ned as meaning of Egyptian origin, or a person from non-Mediterranean Africa, or any person of colour, and ‘white’ usually being equated with Greek. Th ese defi nitions in […]

Skeleton May Reveal Cleopatra’s Ancestry Photo: Adam Carr/Wikimedia Commons. By ANTHONY BARTKEWICZ, MyFox National What archaeologists believe are the skeletal remains of Cleopatra’s sister, Princess Arsinoe, may solve the mystery of the ancient Egyptian queen’s ethnic heritage, the Sunday Times reports. The remains of Princess Arsinoe were discovered by an Austrian team in what is now Turkey but was the […]

  Roman, 32 BC       Issued in the eastern part of the Empire Antony and Cleopatra Mark Antony is one of history’s great losers. As Julius Caesar’s right-hand man in 44 BC when Caesar was murdered, he had the chance to succeed to his position as effective monarch of the Roman world. Foiled in this by Caesar’s adopted […]

Every now and then we are having attempts by scientists to construct the “real face of Cleopatra”, accoring always to each one’s perceptions. We had recently one more attempt taking place by the Egyptologist Sally Ann Ashton who believes “the compute regenerated 3D image is the best likeness of the legendary beauty famed for her ability to beguile“. You can read the whole […]

The famous king (Βασιλεύς) of ancient Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great, Philip II was born in 383/82 BC. He was son of the king Amyntas III and queen Eurydice. His brothers were Alexander II, Perdiccas III and Eurynoe, while he had also 3 half brothers, the sons of Gygaea,  namely Menelaus, Arrhidaeus and Archelaus. [1] Early Life In 368 […]

British Museum – Dictionary of Ancient Egypt Of course ancient Macedonians were Greeks. And a death blow to current Skopjan propaganda. Rosetta stone carries three scripts. Hieroglyphic, Demotic and Greek. Demotic – script of Ancient Egyptians or simply “native Egyptian”.