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Cleopatra's Ethnicity
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● FeaturedCleopatra VII Philopator is one of history's most famous queens, often depicted with a striking and ambiguous appearance. Many hold strong beliefs about her ethnic background that clash with historical consensus.
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What People Remember
Many people remember Cleopatra as being of Black African or Egyptian ethnicity.
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What's Actually True
Cleopatra VII was primarily of Greek Macedonian descent, belonging to the Ptolemaic dynasty, which ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great's conquest. While some debate exists about possible non-Macedonian ancestry, she was not ethnically Black African or indigenous Egyptian in the commonly understood sense.
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