Was Cleopatra a cross-dresser?
A relief image carved about 2050 years ago on an ancient Egyptian stone slab shows Cleopatra dressed as a man, recent analysis shows. The object is only one of three known to exist that represent Cleopatra as a male. The other two artefacts also stone slabs, or stelae, that date to around the same time, 51 BC, at the beginning of Cleopatra’s reign. “It shows Cleopatra dressed as a male pharaoh with the [characteristically male] double crown..," Professor Willy Clarysse said.
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