Queen Cleopatra Was No Great Looker

Throughout the history of western poetry and prose, the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra has been described as a queen with great beauty and charisma. Now, a newly unearthed coin depicting her and her lover, Mark Antony, may contradict her great outward beauty.

The queen is shown with a pointed chin, thin lips, and a sharp nose. Mark Antony himself, on the other side of the coin, has a hook nose and a thick neck. Roman writers wrote of her charisma and seductive voice and fantastic personality, but they never mentioned her great looks.

In fact, it's a common myth that that may have been perpetuated through Hollywood movies and television programs. Nonetheless, Cleopatra was an influential figure in history and some have credited her to the downfall of the Roman empire because of her affair with Mark Antony. Beauty isn't all you need to make history.

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