The image of Cleopatra on the silver denarius of dated to 32 BC, being displayed at Newcastle University, Newcastle, England. Wednesday Feb. 14, 2007. So maybe Mark Antony loved Cleopatra for her mind. That is the conclusion drawn by academics at the University of Newcastle from a Roman denarius, which depicts the celebrated queen of Egypt as a sharp-nosed, thin-lipped woman with a protruding chin.
In short, a fair match for the hook-nosed, thick-necked Mark Antony on the obverse.
(AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
Not at all like Elizabeth Taylor. Yikes.
Does that mean that 2,000 years from now, historians will be debating the image of Barbara Bush on the dollar bill, and wondering whether she was as beautiful as George and his drunken relatives thought she was?
1 comment:
Am I still stoned after watching 20 Million Miles to Earth or is Cleopatra wearing round sunglasses?
Post a Comment