grandegyptianmuseum:Cleopatra VII PhilopatorFor the modern era, she is the definitive Egyptian queen
grandegyptianmuseum:Cleopatra VII PhilopatorFor the modern era, she is the definitive Egyptian queen, although she was descended from the Macedonians who ruled Egypt from the time of Alexander the Great. Black basalt, 146 cm tall. Ptolemaic Period, 1st century BC. Photograph: Hermitage Museum/Grimaldi Forum -- source link