Cleopatra real face

Real face of Cleopatra. Reconstruction based on coins and carvings

From Elizabeth Taylor to Sophia Loren, there have been many faces of Cleopatra. But this may be the most realistic of them all.

Cleopatra Vll was born in 69 BC, in Alexandria, Egypt. Despite what people say today, that she was glamorous and beautiful, she was far from it. She is shown on ancient coins with a long hooked nose and masculine features. Although she was not beautiful she was clearly a very seductive woman, and she used…

A facial reconstruction of Cleopatra by @ganbrood on Instagram.

The real Cleopatra face, she was not traditionally beautiful, but well educated and one of the greatest fierce woman the world had to offer and a hell of a strategic manipulator

Many a Social Studies teacher has promised to “bring history to life,” but the art of 3D facial reconstruction actually pulls it off by showing the ...

This portrait depicts Cleopatra VII circa 45 BC in Greek and Egyptian dress. She is shown left in her habitual Greek style as a Ptolemaic queen. The images on the right show her in Egyptian costume as Egyptian Isis as shown on temple reliefs at Dendera. These portraits are based on known likenesses in sculpture, coins and frescos dating from the first century BC. The features are based on a 3D scan of the head of Cleopatra in Berlin. --- See more portraits of the pharaohs at…

Like Helen of Troy, Cleopatra (69 – 30 b.c.), has always been one of the history’s famous beauties. But was she really beautiful? Modern historians claim to have evidence that…

We all have our own ideas of what famous historical figures looked like but it doesn’t get as accurate as this.

I have always been wondering what famous people from the past looked like and now modern technology and forensic experts give us this fascinating opportunity. Let’s have a look at how people that lived hundreds and thousands of years ago actually looked like!