![]() READ MORE Egypt – France: Ghada Amer in Marseille: Art dedicated to the feminist causeĮbyari points to the fact the Mediterranean basin remains fairly similar in skin tonality. As follows, Cleopatra’s ethnicity cannot be questioned when speaking of her father’s side,” Ebtari says.īadrashin ethnicities have the light brownish skin complexion, a completely different tone than a darker skin colour known to Southern African nationalsĬleopatra’s father, Ptolemy XII then married his sister Cleopatra V and according to official records they both had two children before the mother disappeared from court documents. As a political move, Ptolemy V married Cleopatra I Syra (204 – 176 BC), a princess of the Seleucid Empire, a Greek state in West Asia, considered a division of the Macedonian Empire. “Until Ptolemy V, the rulers married siblings keeping the lineage going from Lagus. ![]() Ptolemy I was a Macedonian Greek general who came to Egypt with Alexander the Great and his rise to power marked the beginning of the Hellenistic period in Egypt. He adds that as a daughter of Ptolemy XII, Cleopatra’s ancestry leads to Ptolemy I Soter (367-283 BC), son of Lagus. “Cleopatra’s ethnicity should be looked upon from two angles, the lineage of ethnic groups present in Egypt during the Ptolemaic period, and her family in particular,” Ebyari tells The Africa Report. He has shared his findings on multiple programmes aired on Egyptian TV channels. Cleopatra has been a main focus of Ebyari’s research he spent decades looking into literature, historical records and other documents mentioning the queen and centuries surrounding her reign. Lineage of CleopatraĪn Egyptian expert in Greco-Roman history and a professor at Egypt’s Ain-Shams University, Hassan Ahmed El-Ebyari, has studied the lineage of her family. The known depictions of Cleopatra are often loose adaptations of history, intertwined with the personalised convictions of their creators and audiences they address. Without a doubt, the Ptolemaic queen had to take care of her appearance – one of the requisites that allowed her to win the heart of Roman general Julius Caesar and solidify her power – yet her ethnicity, skin colour or detailed features remain a subject of debate. The Greek philosopher and biographer Plutarch (c.46–c.119 AD), said: “For her beauty, as we are told, was in itself not altogether incomparable, nor such as to strike those who saw her.” When Plutarch mentions Cleopatra’s “irresistible charm,” he applies it to her intelligence, persuasiveness, and political strength, attributes that made her one of the most iconic rulers of all times. ![]() ![]() READ MORE ‘Queen Elizabeth II, African kings and democracy,’ Franco-Ivorian writer Véronique Tadjo ![]()
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