Showing posts with label Cleopatra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cleopatra. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Queen Cleopatra: Ancient Jewelry of Egypt


Cleopatra was the last pharaoh of Egypt. She ruled alongside her brother between 51-30 B.C. after their father's death. Egyptian tradition required Cleopatra to marry her younger brother to keep status of ruler. Over the course of her reign, she was believed to be one of the most powerful female pharaohs in the Egyptian patriarchal society. She engaged in a relationship Julius Caesar and had a son, then with Marc Anthony and bore three children.


















To the left is a gold box ring


On the right is a gold bracelet featuring two serpents that symbolizes protection.

Jewelry from the Cleopatra museum exhibit




































Blue portrait print of Cleopatra VII






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