I had an argument with several people in college over Cleopatra. When I told them she wasn’t even Egyptian, much less black they just would not listen.
They also didn’t seem to understand the significance of so many cities named after Alexander in that part of the world. I really hate trying to argue these things when people start throwing in conspiracy theories and racial politics.
It is fascinating to see Cleopatra portrayed on TV as almost exclusively being Black despite the fact there is zero evidence to suggest she was and tremendous evidence to prove she was Macedonian Greek.
Here is the most fascinating fact of all and it is not subject to debate. They know for certain that Ramses the Great had Red wavy hair.