At the crux of the debate among historians has been whether Cleopatra, who hailed from a long line of Macedonian Greeks, would have darker skin because of her African ancestry. Those who support ...

"Queen Cleopatra" producers, however, have insisted that there is evidence to suggest that she could have had Black ancestry. Nally and Gilbert claimed that both of these arguments miss the point ...

Queen Cleopatra’s ancestry and race had become debated subjects for decades, with the conversation not only bringing up ways that historical figures are examined but also how and when modern ...

to reiterate that Cleopatra, who was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 69 B.C. into the Ptolemaic dynasty, was of Macedonian Greek ancestry. One Egyptian lawyer, Mahmoud al-Semary, was so incensed by ...

Netflix’s casting was informed by the views of Shelley Haley, a renowned classicist and Cleopatra expert, who claims that, although evidence of her ancestry and physical attributes are ...

"Cleopatra's skin color has nothing to do with ... Black African groups," which could suggest that Arsinoë IV had mixed ancestry, Caroline Wilkinson, an anthropology professor at the University ...

Netflix’s four-part documentary, Queen Cleopatra, has proved deeply controversial, having received a shockingly low rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 2% audience score and 10% from critics.

Adele James, who plays the titular role in Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra docuseries, has addressed the controversy around the project after the Egyptian government criticized the portrayal of the ...