Okay. Getting back to the original statement that Cleo was blond, nothing more was said about it. I’ve been to Greece and the folks there have dark hair. Outside of Greece, I have never met a blond Greek.
It was an interesting post though.
Modern Greeks are a lot more slavic and mediterranean than ancient greeks were. Due to lots of barbarian invasions after the collapse of Rome. Besides, the Macedonians were a different racial group entirely, and could have been blonde. And anyway contemporary historians attested to Alexander being blonde.
Only thing I don't agree with in the original post is that in 300 years it is impossible that there wasn't some interbreeding between the Ptolemies and the local Egyptians, so Cleopatra could have been dark afterall.
The people of a place change over time. It's like saying that Pocahantas could not have resembled her historical description because you have been to Virginia and most Virginians are fairly European looking. The key is that you haven't been to the Greece of 2000 years ago, you went to present day Greece -- which is not peopled by the same groups as were there then.