Was Cleopatra Black Get The Answer
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Africa Queen - Cleopatra
Was Cleopatra black? People have been debating over the ancestry of Cleopatra for years. Recent bones found, claimed to be Cleopatra’s sister's bones, tell a story. With the advances in modern technology, secrets and mysterious are being uncovered. The first Cleopatra myth -- many people have been told that Cleopatra and her siblings were of Greek ancestry. However, since the discoverer of her sister's bones, Cleopatra is believed to have African ancestry.
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Cleopatra Queen of the Nile
In true "Woman Power" Cleopatra was the Queen of the Nile, the ruler over Egypt. As a savvy ruler, Queen Cleopatra ruled with some of the most powerful men of her day. Cleopatra is such a legendary figure that countless of movies and books have been written about her life. Not to mention that we are still talking about her 2,000 some odd years later. However, with all the books and movies the debated question of today is "Was Cleopatra Black"? Was Cleopatra an African Queen?
Before Cleopatra's sister's bones were discovered many people thought Cleopatra was Greek with European ancestry. Here's a theory why there is a debate on Cleopatra's race. Many royal families of the time wanted to preserve their bloodline, so inter-breeding was popular. However, sometimes concubines were from other places. Cleopatra's father's mother was believed to be a concubine. Could this be why Cleopatra and her siblings have some African ancestry? Some historians report that Cleopatra's grandmother was a concubine from Nubia.
I guess, whether Cleopatra was black or not doesn't matter now. Although, as a black woman, having a legendary figure like Cleopatra same ancestry just makes you feel good inside.
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The "Actor as Black Cleopatra" is called Gina Torres and that was in Xena: Warrior Princess
Why is there such a debate over this women? She was a horrible murderer who is believed to have ordered the death of many including her own sister. She also slept with any man who had power so she could bare their children so she would also have power. She is not a figure to idolize
I would like to point out that cleopatra had a different mother to her sister here thus the african DNA is not proof positive in going to be in cleopatra as well the only definitively same DNA that would have been shared is that of the Ptolemy greek macadonian as that is going to be from the father
No matter what, I doubt she was as pale as Liz Taylor or Angelina Jolie.
Cleopatra was not black. She was the last of the Ptolemic dynasty which was pure Greek. And she had a different mother than her sister. She was actiually described as pale and blue eyed.
Also if you look at every ancient depiction of Cleopatra, she is white.
All of Cleopatra's? siblings shared different mothers and the same father. While it is possible that her sister may have Black African blood, Cleopatra did not and it has been proven time and time again that she was white. She was pure Greek
How would she be queen of Egypt, if she Greek..give it up she was black or mixed. It's no way she was all white
Cleo was a shemite read your bible shemites are of ethiopian heritage, she was not mixed there was no one to mix with, she was a gorgeous big booty and hip curvy black women with copper skin like the rest of us I mean come on who else bad enough to slaughter 100 men in bed a night and make the white man mark julius and the rest of em sail all the way over here and forget what the hell they came over to egypt for. We can swduce a man and change his mind . See the reason they came to egypt for in the first place was to seuze the land but my sista put it on him or them and them white boys couldnt handle it.
cleo could have been black,but i think she was of mixed macedonian heritage. personally she is hero of mine,she could have her sister, so she a cruel woman who lost everything,all her fault.Dont care about her race.
My previous comment was a mistake cleo is no hero of mine.
doesnt matter what any of you say yeah she was BLACK! but if you dont want to beleieve that ohh well but she was AFRICAN! EGYPT IS IN AFRICA!! DUHH therefore she BLACK and egypt ppl had tan skin not pale!at all so white is a skin color right? okay so she not white because she had dark tan which is consider black! and she african which is consider BLACK! and there are white african ! but she her skin wasnt white it was light skin , medium tan and she was born in africa which makes her an black african and also mixed ! (: get over it lol you cant change her race and ethic
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Yes indeed. BBC did reported the find on the Cleopatra skeleton remains. I thought it was a little racist... since I'm a fan of Cleopatra.