Cleopatra: Hot or Not?

[Furtherman]

<p>NOT.</p><p><img src="http://images.scotsman.com/2007/02/14/14cleb.jpg" border="0" width="237" height="260" /></p><p>That's Earl's nubian godess on the coin.</p><p><a href="http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=237922007">ANTONY and Cleopatra - one of history's most romantic couples - were not the great beauties that Hollywood would have us believe, academics have revealed.</a> </p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[EliSnow]

<p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">I think Earl's even off about Cleopatra being what he considers to be African.&nbsp; Cleopatra was part of the Ptolemaic dynasty which conquered Egypt and was Macedonian/Greek:</font></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemaic_dynasty">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemaic_dynasty</a></p><p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">So I thnk Cleopatra should look Greek, not Egyptian or nubian.</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3"></font></p>

[torker]

<p>HOT!!!</p><p><img src="http://www.sea.fi/foto/cleopatrajones.jpg" border="0" width="270" height="207" /></p>

[MrPink]

<strong>torker</strong> wrote:<br /><p>HOT!!!</p><p><img src="http://www.sea.fi/foto/cleopatrajones.jpg" border="0" width="270" height="207" /></p><p>fuck! i was just about to post that pic</p>

[STC-Dub]

First off, the Ptolemy's were Greek, decendants of one of Alexander the Great's generals.&nbsp; Second, Cleopatra had a huge nose, but for some reason was able to attract men so she must have had something going for her.&nbsp; I say not hot from the coins, but ...

[Furtherman]

<strong>STC-Dub</strong> wrote:<br />Second, Cleopatra had a huge nose, but for some reason was able to attract men so she must have had something going for her.&nbsp; <p>That would be power, perhaps?&nbsp; I'm not too familiar with her story.</p>

[johnniewalker]

<p>She looks like a hot john adams</p><p>http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k230/homer3889/john-adams-picture.jpg&nbsp;</p>

[STC-Dub]

No she shared the crown with her brother, so if anything, she was looking for power that is why she hooked up with Caesar and Anthony, because they could gt her the power she wanted.

[Furtherman]

Ahh.&nbsp; Well, then she was just a loose with that asp.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

<p><img src="http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9ibyGX97fZFsE8B3kejzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBsYnVxczg 1BHNlYwNwcm9mBHZ0aWQDSTA2N184OQ--/SIG=11tjuhnh7/EXP=1173897085/**http%3A//www.lewisart.biz/pix/cleopatra.jpg" border="0" width="375" height="500" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When she was this Age, I would Do some Nasty&nbsp; things to her</p>

[BrooklynKat]

<strong>STC-Dub</strong> wrote:<br />First off, the Ptolemy's were Greek, decendants of one of Alexander the Great's generals. Second, Cleopatra had a huge nose, but for some reason was able to attract men so she must have had something going for her. I say not hot from the coins, but ...<p>&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal">Exactly!&nbsp; She was the only Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt that even bothered to learn Egyptian. Most definitely <em>not</em> a soul sista. Plus i hate when people say Egyptians were black; do you consider Egyptians today black?&nbsp; Egyptians interacted with &quot;black&quot; Africans all the time, they were called Nubians. In Egyptian art they are represented completely different then them. <br /> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Oh Cleopatra with your big Greek nose, big chin, long neck.&nbsp; I guess she was spicy in bed cause she bedazzled the best of them.&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

[Fat_Sunny]

<p><font size="2">F_S Liked A Cleopatra With Some Meat On Her Bones...Like Liz Taylor!&nbsp; It Is Too Bad She Had To Get Old.</font></p><p><font size="2"></font></p><p><img src="http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/1963_Cleopatra/963CLE_Elizabeth_Taylor_010.jpg" border="0" width="720" height="540" /></p>

[DarkHippie]

<strong>BrooklynKat</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>STC-Dub</strong> wrote:<br />First off, the Ptolemy's were Greek, decendants of one of Alexander the Great's generals. Second, Cleopatra had a huge nose, but for some reason was able to attract men so she must have had something going for her. I say not hot from the coins, but ... <p>&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal">Exactly!&nbsp; She was the only Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt that even bothered to learn Egyptian. Most definitely <em>not</em> a soul sista. Plus i hate when people say Egyptians were black; do you consider Egyptians today black?&nbsp; Egyptians interacted with &quot;black&quot; Africans all the time, they were called Nubians. In Egyptian art they are represented completely different then them. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Oh Cleopatra with your big Greek nose, big chin, long neck.&nbsp; I guess she was spicy in bed cause she bedazzled the best of them.&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><p>ancient egyptians were much darker skined then they are today.&nbsp; After Islam conquered from the east, the lighter skinned arabians mingled with the darker eqyptians.</p>

[Don Stugots]

<strong>Fat_Sunny</strong> wrote:<br /><p><font size="2">F_S Liked A Cleopatra With Some Meat On Her Bones...Like Liz Taylor! It Is Too Bad She Had To Get Old.</font></p><p><font size="2"></font></p><p><img src="http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/1963_Cleopatra/963CLE_Elizabeth_Taylor_010.jpg" border="0" width="720" height="540" /></p><p>&nbsp;i am glad that llee-um, Fat brought her up.&nbsp; i am not going to sit here and take people saying that Liz Taylor is not hot.&nbsp; i just will not.&nbsp; bullshit.&nbsp; look at the bodym that phace.&nbsp; you just want to do dirty things to it. </p>

[Kevin]

Funny thing. Right after Rome my friend called and said how bullshit Cleopatra was. I agree...&nbsp; That was terrible casting.

[oh_kee_pa]

the one on rome is great...... dot commando!!!!

[DoubleJ]

<p>Cleopatra was of Macedonian descent as stated. Her heritage has little to do with the question, though. The Western (Roman) sources paint her as a beautiful seductress. Ancient historians often took liberties in their works, and this was how they explained her influence since women did not play that sort of role in their own culture. They say little else about her. Egyptian sources indicate that she possessed many more talents that could have explained her success. The coin above suggests that she was quite a bit less attractive than we have been led to believe. Surely, she approved of the image before the currency was circulated. Either way, Caesar and Antony hit it, so I'm sure I would as well.</p><p>There was an episode of Digging for the Truth on the History Channel a few months ago that dealt with this topic. I don't think it is on demond any longer, though. The show deals with unsolved or contradictory history. I recommend checking the show out if you like these sort of topics. </p>