Egypt
Manchester Evening News (Helen Tither)
Joyce Tyldesley talking about Cleopatra:
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Yorkshire Post (Chris Bond) Cleopatra The Great, The Woman Behind the Legend by Joann Fletcher. Published in paperback by Hodder MENTION the name Cleopatra to most people and it's likely to conjure images of a sultry Elizabeth Taylor draped over Richard...
- Book Review: Cleopatra, Last Queen Of Egypt
Star Tribune (Allen Barra) Cleopatra VII has always inspired a considerable amount of interest. It is nice to see that Joyce Tyldesley's book has been so well received by so many reviewers. Here's another positive review. Cleopatra has generated...
- Book Review: Cleopatra, Last Queen Of Egypt
STLtoday (Allen Barra) Cleopatra has generated more fame — in the form of poems, paintings, books, plays and films — per known fact than any woman in history. As Joyce Tyldesley phrases it in her fascinating and irresistible biography, "Cleopatra:...
- Hairstyles Of Cleopatra
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20060313/cleopatra_his_02.html "Egyptian queen Cleopatra used her hairstyles in calculated ways to enhance her power and fame, according to a book published recently by a Yale art history and classics professor. Statues,...
Egypt
Why Cleo is both hit and myth
Manchester Evening News (Helen Tither)
Joyce Tyldesley talking about Cleopatra:
THE thick kohl eyeliner, the raven black hair, those sultry, seductive eyes - for most of us Elizabeth Taylor is the embodiment of Cleopatra. Oozing sex appeal in her legendary on-screen performance opposite real-life love Richard Burton, she caught the imagination of millions as she brought the tragic Egyptian queen to life.
So, in some ways, what a disappointment to discover the real-life Cleopatra may not have been such a gorgeous creature after all. In fact, the woman who seduced Julius Caesar and Mark Antony could have been more fearsome than fair.
"Everyone has this Elizabeth Taylor image in mind but the truth is we don't really know what she looked like," explains author Joyce Tyldesley, whose new book - Cleopatra: The Last Queen of Egypt - looks at the myths behind the real-life ruler.
"If you look at the statues of her that survive, for instance, the classical ones portray her as a Greek queen, while the Egyptians portray her as typically Egyptian. On the other hand, on surviving coins she looks stern and fierce with a big nose and a big chin."
What of those stories about bathing in ass's milk then? A ruse which has tempted countless women to order a few extra pints from the milkman. "I'm a bit unconvinced by that too, I'm afraid," she sighs.
See the above for the full story.
- Exhibition: Cleopatra In California
Virtual Press Office The west coast premiere of Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt, featuring the largest collection of its kind ever assembled in the U.S., will open at the California Science Center May 23, 2012. More than 150 priceless...
- Book Review: Cleopatra The Great
Yorkshire Post (Chris Bond) Cleopatra The Great, The Woman Behind the Legend by Joann Fletcher. Published in paperback by Hodder MENTION the name Cleopatra to most people and it's likely to conjure images of a sultry Elizabeth Taylor draped over Richard...
- Book Review: Cleopatra, Last Queen Of Egypt
Star Tribune (Allen Barra) Cleopatra VII has always inspired a considerable amount of interest. It is nice to see that Joyce Tyldesley's book has been so well received by so many reviewers. Here's another positive review. Cleopatra has generated...
- Book Review: Cleopatra, Last Queen Of Egypt
STLtoday (Allen Barra) Cleopatra has generated more fame — in the form of poems, paintings, books, plays and films — per known fact than any woman in history. As Joyce Tyldesley phrases it in her fascinating and irresistible biography, "Cleopatra:...
- Hairstyles Of Cleopatra
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20060313/cleopatra_his_02.html "Egyptian queen Cleopatra used her hairstyles in calculated ways to enhance her power and fame, according to a book published recently by a Yale art history and classics professor. Statues,...