Cleopatra had “white skin and Hellenistic characteristics,” Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities insisted Thursday in an ongoing debate about a Netflix series in which the ancient ...

The casting of Adele James in Netflix's "Queen Cleopatra" has reignited an age-old debate. It also reveals how history has whitewashed the Egyptian queen.

The life of Cleopatra VII, the last Egyptian pharaoh, was infamous, but she was far more than just the lover of Roman leaders Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Born in 69 BC, she was the daughter of ...

‘The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt’ By Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones Basic Books, 384 pages “While we yearn for Cleopatra to be the violet-eyed Elizabeth Taylor, shimmering in a variety of low-cut ...

A large chunk of the Egyptian reaction towards Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra is unquestionably racist in nature, but it does not exist in isolation: it’s not intrinsically malicious in other words.

The latter clarified that Egyptian objections extended also to white actresses who had played Cleopatra, including the famous 1963 film starring Elizabeth Taylor. “We’re not crazy about ...

11 Best New Shows on Netflix: May 2025's Top Upcoming Series to Watch Tina ... But How did Cleopatra Die? The Egyptian leader’s death is explored in Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra docuseries, ...

Cleopatra was descended from a line of Macedonian Greek kings who ruled Egypt from 323 B.C. to 30 B.C., when it was annexed by Rome, and many scholars contend that she likely had little, if any ...

Shattered depictions of Hatshepsut have long thought to be products of her successor’s violent hatred towards her, but a new ...

Egypt’s antiquities ministry says Cleopatra was ‘white skinned’ amid Netflix documentary row. An online petition accusing the production of rewriting history has been signed by over 7,000 people ...

Why are Netflix and Egypt arguing over whether Cleopatra was black? The Egyptian government has insisted that Cleopatra had white skin, following backlash to a Netflix series casting a mixed-race ...

The controversy over Netflix’s new Black-led docudrama about Cleopatra is raging on as an Egyptian broadcaster vows to create its own high-end series to rival it.