Word: cleopatra
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...much gold, and precious stones ?" - 1 Kings 10: 1-2or "Greatness," but these are only titles. "Sheba" is simply an alternate spelling of Saba, the kingdom in modern-day Yemen where she is said to have reigned for a score of years beginning about 950 B.C. And while Cleopatra, the other storied beauty of Middle Eastern royalty, is mentioned in contemporary secular texts, the Queen of Sheba appears only in religious works - not the most authoritative source...
...religious honorific), the Greeks Black Minerva and the Ethiopians Makeda, or "Greatness," but these are only titles. "Sheba" is simply an alternate spelling of Saba, the kingdom in modern-day Yemen where she is said to have reigned for a score of years beginning about 950 B.C. And while Cleopatra, the other storied beauty of Middle Eastern royalty, is mentioned in contemporary secular texts, the Queen of Sheba appears only in religious works--not the most authoritative source...
...generally think of Cleopatra as the cunning sexpot who took the world by storm, spangled herself in gold and bent powerful men to her will. In other words, we think of her as Elizabeth Taylor. "Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth" would have us remember her first as the sober-minded and politically adroit monarch who confronted the growing might of Rome. Following a highly successful run at the British Museum in London, this show brings its ancient treasures and new insights to Chicago's Field Museum. In statuary of the 1st century B.C., Cleopatra is voluptuous but coldly...
...woman she was, and one for all time. With so much, yet so little, known about this queen without a face, this figure of history and myth, Cleopatra lives on in the "infinite variety" cited by Shakespeare. And like so many intrigued observers through the ages, visitors to the exhibition can draw their own picture...
...Cleopatra found her way onto the silver screen even before cinema had sound. In 1917, Theda Bara starred-in harem girl get-up-in a silent-film version of Cleopatra. Seventeen years later, Claudette Colbert had the title role, and Hollywood waged an all-out publicity campaign to encourage female moviegoers to adopt the "Cleopatra look." Many copied Colbert's dark bangs after hearing her declaim, following the seduction of Antony: "I've seen a god come to life. I'm no longer a queen. I'm a woman...