[Noachian]

“They admired her scientific knowledge and her administrative ability,”

So, was she hot, or was she not?

This post makes her sound like a career power lawyer in a business suit.

[Paleo Conservative]

Cleopatra was born in 69BC, the last of the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty that ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great's invasion in 332BC.

[Polybius]

So Julius Caesar and Mark Antony were seduced by her for her mind? Yeah, I really believe that. Even 2,000 years ago, things weren't that different.

So, was she hot, or was she not?

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We do have some idea of what Cleopatra looked like from the portraits on her coins.

So, what do you think?

A one bagger or a two bagger?

[expatguy]

Sounds like a PC rewrite of history if you ask me.

[7thson]

Was it an old crusty, black business suit? 8-)

[Renfield]

I remember reading (years ago) that Cleopatra had suffered from smallpox or cowpox as a child, and had a pockmarked face.

[SunkenCiv]

"This post makes her sound like a career power lawyer in a business suit."

Funerals are for the living. :')

"Cleopatra, beautiful queen of ancient Egypt and seducer of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, has been revealed as short and frumpish in a new exhibition. Eleven statues previously thought to portray other queens have recently been reassigned and represent her as plain looking with a touch of sternness. Not more than 150 cm tall she appears to have had bad teeth and to have been plump. She was nevertheless a brilliant linguist and spoke Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Aramaic and Egyptian. (Aust. 26/03/01)"

http://www.htav.asn.au/news/history_in_the_news.html