[nickcarraway]

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[Jonty30]

I don't know if it's her, but it does look like her based on the coins I've seen with her image.

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[laplata]

If that bust is of Cleopatra, it’s not at all flattering.

[Billthedrill]

I thought we already knew what Cleo looked like.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

There can be only one:

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"I looked at the bust carefully." -- Zahi Hawass, a former Egyptian minister of antiquities

"Guards! Off with his head!!"

[j.havenfarm]

I am avid lay follower of the time; certainly no expert. Still, I agree with the person in the article who says it looks Roman to me, not Egyptian

[ClearCase_guy]

“I looked at the bust carefully,”

"Well... it's very impressive, yes, but we need to ask you a few questions about the statue."

[Fresh Wind]

What about King Rootin Tootin?

[smokingfrog]

The statue was found in a temple area, so I doubt that it’s Cleo.

[Paal Gulli]

“Allegations” are for a court of law, not archaeology.

[Sirius Lee]

Authentic recreation of her meeting with Caesar.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Bust of Alexander the Great:

Link...Alexander the Great pictures

snip..."This life-size 11 7/16 x 10 3/16 x 10 13/16 in. marble head of Alexander the Great is from the Getty Museum. It was made in about 320 B.C. and was found at Megara. The Getty Museum says that Alexander exploited the propaganda possibilities of portraiture and only allowed one sculptor, Lysippos, to carve his likeness."

The bust that was found at the Temple of the Greater Tomb of Osiris. (Taposiris means "Tomb of Osiris".)

Could be, but not, I think based on a comparison with Alexander's bust. Could Be Head of Isis, wife of Osiris. Cleopatra liked to identify with Isis and dressed as Isis when she went to Turkey to meet Mark Anthony. (See below.)

A little information: Cleopatra comes from: κλέος (kléos), meaning “glory,” and πατήρ (pater), The Glory of her Father.

She was highly educated wroted a number of books on botony and herbs (Lost in the fire at the library of Alexandria) Cleopatra Greek queen-ancient Egypt

And

Cleopatria spoke 8 languages. "Cleopatra VII was the only member of her dynasty who spoke the ancient Egyptian language and read hieroglyphs. Apart from this, she knew ancient Greek, the languages of the Parthians, Jews, Medes, Syrians, Ethiopians, and Arabs." (I recollect from somewhere that she was able to read Akkadian as well.)

Ethnicity of Cleopatra (No, not black or N. African.)

Busts of Cleopatra done around the time she lived.:

Bust of Cleopatra_VII Vatican Museum

Cleopatra VII bust in the Altes Museum, Antikensammlung Berlin.

She did a lot in her 39 years.