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Bust of Alexander the Great:

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

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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.