while historically there is no concrete confirmation that Cleopatra was of a darker complexion, there is more evidence than not that she was Black, and not entirely of Macedonian Greek ancestry ...

Mary Harrsch / Flickr CC BY 2.0 Despite the current controversy surrounding Netflix’s depiction of Cleopatra, her ethnic background and ancestry are a good place to start in terms of identifying some ...

But was this the skull of Cleopatra’s sister ... who lived between 205 and 36 B.C. and was likely Roman with “recent ancestry in the Italian Peninsula or Sardinia.” An aerial view of ...

In another allegation, The Neighborhood Talk, reported on September 3, that Cleopatra alleged Ice Spice lied about her father's ancestry. In response to a TikTok comment, Cleo claimed that Spice's ...

Cleopatra Coleman, 36 ... On the other hand, the actress’s father, Mick Coleman, is Australian with Scottish ancestry. The Australian biracial actress began her acting career in Australia ...

with Nigerian ancestry, and a white mother. Newsweek contacted Zendaya and Villeneuve's representatives by email for comment. "Did Greek actresses not audition for the role? Cleopatra is Greek ...

but we did intentionally decide to depict her of mixed ethnicity to reflect theories about Cleopatra’s possible Egyptian ancestry and the multicultural nature of ancient Egypt.” For now, it seems that ...

"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 ...

It is Vergil’s literary reliance on identifying people by place of origin and ancestry, at the very time when Cleopatra was a vital actor in Roman and Mediterranean politics, which provides ...