NewsCleopatra, queen of Egypt in the years 51-30 BC, is back in the news thanks to a controversial docudrama series on Netflix called Queen Cleopatra. Much debate has raged about her ethnicity.The ConversationCleopatra, queen of Egypt in the years 51-30 BC, is back in the news thanks to a controversial docudrama series on Netflix called Queen Cleopatra. Much debate has raged about her ethnicity. The queen was of Greek ancestry. In the Netflix series she’s played by a black actress. The fuss has provided an opportunity to look at her role in history and how she has been portrayed over time. Historian Toby Wilkinson is an Egyptologist and author of the award-winning book The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: the History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra. We asked him to shed some light on the past. Who was Cleopatra and why is she so important?...
- 5/11/2023
- by AjayR
- The News Minute
Museum of Natural History
As an Egyptologist for the past 20 years, Toby Wilkinson has published seven books surrounding his research into ancient Egyptian civilization. His newest entitled ”The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt” looks 3,000 years back into Egypt during the times of Pepi II, who was made king as an infant, eleven pharaohs named Ramesses and Nefertiti.
Written in his “free time,” the book took two years to complete with nearly 20 academics, friends and editors reading and fact checking the information.
As an Egyptologist for the past 20 years, Toby Wilkinson has published seven books surrounding his research into ancient Egyptian civilization. His newest entitled ”The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt” looks 3,000 years back into Egypt during the times of Pepi II, who was made king as an infant, eleven pharaohs named Ramesses and Nefertiti.
Written in his “free time,” the book took two years to complete with nearly 20 academics, friends and editors reading and fact checking the information.
- 3/13/2011
- by Alexandra Cheney
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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