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Published: 2007-03-14 14:24:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 55333; Favourites: 1321; Downloads: 1690
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this is my version of Cleopatra and Anthony..Well i've just been told Cleopatra isn't really black. (whatta shame on me).Ok. Let's just say she went sunbathing in the middle of a desert in egypt and eventually, she turned into like a black woman.. he he.. I apologize if i kinda mislead anyone..it isn't my intention.. i was just inspired by Beyonce playing as Cleopatra in dreamgirls. he he. And i was reminded that my loving mother gave me my name in memory of Julius Caesar's Roman General.
Anyways, i based this on some photos of Beyonce, Naomi Campbell and Jude Law (OMG I love him, i believe he's perfect to play Anthony's role in the future). Antony's body was based of a photo by Hapismile [link]
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well she's closer to black than white aha ! I love how you made her <3
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Cleopatra was black, u were correct. Egypt is in Africa! What do ppl think she'd look like? Blonde hair and blue eyes??
Anyway, she may have been lighter skinned simply because Egypt is in northern Africa and they have a lot of ties with the middle east and you know Turkish caucasians. But this is a piece of art, not a history lesson.
Love the piece btw
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Cleopatra VII was genetically Greek but culturally Egyptian. She definitely wasn't black (although skin colour is a stupid thing for people to get worked up over) given that her dynasty was Macedonian Greek and she was the product of it's generations of brother-sister and uncle-niece, and aunt-nephew incest.
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Actually Cleopatra was not black as she was an ethnic Greek. She was a part of the Ptolemaic dynasty which was founded Ptolemy I, who had been one the generals of Alexander the Great. However she did go to great lengths to display herself as Egyptian rather than Greek. As you said though, this is art... so who really cares what color this artist's version of Cleopatra is.
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haha its an honest mistake. i thought she was black too until i found out she was greek, and as for anthony, well his name was actually Antony, Marc Antony. He was about in his 20's when he met cleopatra's little 13 year old self ^_^
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who cares, it's history! you could be right about her skin color 
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Hello 
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i love tht u made her dark
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Wonderful, very talented artist. I just love the atmosphere here. Immediately gave me the right feeling of this all.
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Don't listen to the naysayers, I'm a history major and I also saw the program on the science channel that proved her sister was indeed dark skinned, so since they had the same parents.....lovely photo. And please remember...the cave paintings of Cleopatra were "dark"
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I consider Cleopatra, or the Ptolemies, multiracial, originally the Ptolemies were a family mixed of Greek Macedonians, one member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, had a harem filled with 600 women consisting of Native Egyptian Women, Nubian Women and Greek Women, her father, Auletes, is an illigitimite child, he married a cousin, Tryphoena and gave birth to Tryphanea and Berenice and later had Cleopatra, Arsinoe, Theos and Ptolemy with another lady. You know they found Arsinoe in Ephesus and prooved she was African mixed with Greek and Macedonian.
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You do know there is more than one Cleopatra, that helped rule Egypt right? So, while you consider Cleopatra one thing, it doesn't mean the others were the same....
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Indeed there was more than one Cleopatra in the Ptolomaic Line, 7 in fact
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Yeah, I have em all memorized
1. Syra - A princess of the Selecid Empire of Syria, Husband of Ptolemy the 5th, took on the name Cleopatra Syra
2. Cleopatra the 2nd - Daughter of Syra, became sole ruler of Egypt for a brief time
3. Cleopatra the 3rd - Daughter of Cleopatra the 2nd
4. Cleopatra the 4th - Daughter of Cleopatra the 3rd who later became Queen of Syria via her husband Antiochus Cyzicenus
5. Cleopatra Tryphaena - An illegitimate daughter of Ptolemy 9th, mother of Ptolemy 12th's first two daughters
6. Tryphaena - Daughter of Cleopatra Tryphaena, according to historians, she is considered to be the 6th Cleopatra
7. Cleopatra the 7th - Daughter of Ptolemy the 12th, lover of Julius Caesar and Marc Antony.
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outstanding! and who told you she wasn't black? Gotta love how people distort history. Great picture
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That is an opinion she wasn't black, and either way it doesn't matter because this picture looks great.
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Well... To be fair I thought Egyptians were black too.. I always daydreamed Julius Caesar dipping his hands in a delight in the form of a lovely nubian queen. Heheheh... Roman boy got a taste of chocolate. I use to go around saying that Cleopatra and Julius Caesar were the first interacial couple in ancient hystory. Then the truth hit and I was in the same boat as you. Still very very lovely picture Cleopatra reminded of a my lovely Paula.. Too.. bad she married someone else.. sad thing is I did not even had the chance to have a last charge for her heart... Anyway awesome art piece instant favorite.
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Cleopatra being black is up for debate but anyway. GREAT PIC
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Great Illustration! Cleopatra's family was the Ptolemys, who were descended from Macedonian Greeks who were commanding officers in the army of Alexander the Great.
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Lol who cares about the technicalities; she's black, she's white, she's got some black in her- the picture is stunning. Thumbs up to you, my friend. And keep up the good work. :]
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Well she was apparently from Greece and not a native of Egypt...but WHO CARES!? Jeez...White people never let Black people have any damn thing, lmao! 
ANYWAY! I really like this picture. My only critique is that her hand looks a bit weird. But I see that this is an older work of yours and your work has improved a lot (not like I have much room to critique since my work sucks compared to this, lmao). I really love Anthony's pose; it makes Cleopatra look so dominant and powerful. Almost like he's in a fetal position! I really like
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Sorry but you have been misinformed; according to a documentary I just saw today on the Discovery channel, Cleo
did indeed have some "black" African blood; she was almost certainly dark skinned, and a raging beauty who
apparently was quite good at sex, seeing as how she had both Julius Cesar (sp?) and Mark Anthony wrapped
around her little finger.
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I just watched the History channel the other day and they said that she was black, so...
I know that you have to be careful of everything (almost) on the internet nowadays, but I don't think that the History channel would lie now...
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Cleopatra was deff black. the Egyptians who live in Egypt now are'nt even descendants from the original Egyptians. Ofcourse she was black. Black People are from Africa. Egyptians would never let someone who wasn't of their own kind rule over them. Why do you think the empire fell after she died. because the non-Egyptians were trying to rule over them. Your art Is beautiful Anyway and I really love it. You have blessed hands.
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She was of Greek-Macedonian descent.
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No No No NO! CLEOPATRA WAS NOT BLACK! She was Black, Greek and Macedonian, she was MULTIRACIAL!
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian actually, so she wasn't black! i know this because I;m egyptian, Alexandrian and i live in Alexandria, cleo's city, and i can definitely tell you that she wasn't black. Alexandria's residents have always had all sorts of mixed blood, and they were never black
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OK ONCE and for ALL .....EGYPT is in AFRIKA!!!!.....A-F-R-I-K-A!!....The very place ALLLLLLL LIFE was traced back 2 ONE AFRICAN woman (google it geeks) ....CLEOPATRA was AFRIKAN! NOT WHITE????!!!!!!!!! LOOK @ a map?! ...READ AND WEEP DUMMIES!!!!!!!...
PICK UP A BOOK put down the mouse.
Dude' I TRULY adore your art! don't ever backtrack! cause some weaklings told u some lies, {They are fathers of lies} I was sad 2 see that u were almost convinced that Cleopatra was white?! and U went as far as 2 apologize for the TRUTH?!!!!! I guess the nose on the sphinx that was blown off was a white nose too? (knoddin my head) Ur a GREAT artist. ***not very smart though.***
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Actually is it just as likely she is black as not, she was Nubian.
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Where did you get that silly notion?
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I featured this piece in a newsarticle here
I hope it brings you more viewers, it will help if you favourite the piece by clicking the heart.
This feature is all about images I have either suggested for DD's or want to get one!
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Why are you all so hell-bent on claiming a whore as one of your own?
LURV the picture though....
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