[RetiredArmy]

Wow!!! She was black and had CORN ROWS in her hair! How neat!! /sarcasm

[AnnaZ]

Wow!!! She was black and had CORN ROWS in her hair! How neat!! /sarcasm

Yeah... LOL... so much for her being Greek. Dontcha love modern "science"?

* rolls eyes*

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[stevio]

Yes, she’s remarkably P.C..

[Arthalion]

She was black and had CORN ROWS in her hair

What we call a "cornrow" is considered a "black" hairstyle today, and modern blacks claim to have invented it, but the style has been used by all sorts of civilizations for thousands of years. The ancient Greeks and Celts both used the style widely (there's plenty of ancient art showing women with "cornrows"), and it really didn't lose favor until the rise of Christianity and its requirements that women dress demurely.

There's nothing improper or incorrect about their use of the hairstyle here.

[meandog]

Wow!!! She was black and had CORN ROWS in her hair! How neat!! /sarcasm

Yup...interesting, especially considering that she was Greek and not Egyptian.

[6SJ7]

Wow!!! She was black and had CORN ROWS in her hair! How neat!!

How true. My understanding of Egyptian nobility is they all shaved their heads and wore elaborate headdresses/wigs. A more accurate portrayal was provided in the HBO mini-series "Rome".

[LibertarianLiz]

Thank you for that comment, it was mine as well.

[Arthalion]

I should also mention that Cleaopatra was also the first Ptolemy that apparently went native. It's recorded that she was the first (and last, as it happened) Ptolemy to learn the Egyptian language, she adopted the Egyptian religion, and believed herself to be a reincarnation of an Egyptian goddess.

She may have been a Ptolemy, but she was far from your traditional Greek ruler.