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The first half about Cleopatra's ancestry seems to miss the point of the recent controversy entirely. It makes a big deal about various uncertainties, when the
by boredhedgehog 3y ago
The first half about Cleopatra's ancestry seems to miss the point of the recent controversy entirely. It makes a big deal about various uncertainties, when the actual (slight) uncertainty the author admits turns out to be merely whether Cleopatra had Egyptian ancestors.
But the controversy was started by casting an actress of sub-saharan ethnicity, so that would have been the possibility to be discussed.
- BlueTemplar 3y ago> There is, however, no evidence or even particularly useful speculation to suggest that any of Cleopatra’s ancestors at any point in the Iron Age hailed from anywhere south of Memphis, Egypt.[14] [...] > 14. As is frequently the case in history, there often are no right answers, but there are wrong answers.