2. Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian. Cleopatra belonged to the Ptolemaic dynasty, a family of Greek origin that ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great. Her family actually refused to speak Egyptian, and she was the first to learn the language.
Over the years I have been personally assured more than once by black acquaintances that Celopatra was "African-American." Not kidding.
39 posted on 11/19/2013 6:16:50 PM PST by Dysart
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