[blam]

GGG Ping.

Click here to see more pictures of Cleo in drag.

[xJones]

The object is only one of three known to exist that represent Cleopatra as a male.

Did anybody tell Julius Caesar or Mark Anthony?

[after dark]

This is strange.

Depicting Cleopatra as male was probably a sign of respect.

We are told by historians Cleopatra was an ugly woman. We are told by historians that Cleopatra was hyped by people who never knew her.

This was not long after her death. Maybe she really was a force to be reckoned with.

[so_real]

Experts think the depictions of Cleopatra as a man were most likely due to laziness. Her father had been ruler before her, and so the carvers probably just changed the name, but not the sex of the figure.

Interesting ...

[Solamente]

Is that an obelisk in your caftan, or are you just happy to see me?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam. Time for the song...

"Queen Slut.... Queen Slut... Oh, when she was a small girl, she never thought she'd see... Queen Slut... people stand in line, to see the Boy Queen..."

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[SunkenCiv]

Pravda version:
http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/363/16113_cleopatra.html

And here's a photo of an earlier female Pharaoh, Hatshepsut, showing the false beard:

http://oleg-petrov.net/hatshbeard.jpg

Additional images of Hatshepsut (et al) some with beards:

http://www.freemaninstitute.com/Gallery/RTGpix6.htm

[Psycho_Bunny]

In the ancient world this could easily symbolize a woman who "has the power of a man".

[Translates]

Pretty interesting. Wonder where this stele was discovered.

[Larry Lucido]

My experts say it was actually King Rutentuten, not Cleopatra.

[Lockbar]

[thefactor]

"She's a MAN, baby!"

[Mr. K]

Did they have to use a lewd cross-dressing term to classify this find? I am sure that is not an accurate categorization of the clothing depicted.

[SunkenCiv]

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