Still Documentary “Cleopatra”, which Broadcast by Netflixcauses a wide uproar in Egypt, after the Pharaonic queen appeared with dark skin in the film, which angered Egyptian scholars and made them rush to defend Cleopatra, the ancient Egyptian civilization and the origin of the ancient Egyptians.
Some Egyptians saw that this movement was deliberate, pointing to a conspiracy behind portraying the heroine of the series with African features. They also accused the “African Central Movement” of being behind this act in order to distort the Egyptian civilization and rob it of its achievements.
Queen Cleopatra, according to the pharaonic drawings on the temples in Egypt
Zahi Hawass, an Egyptologist and former Minister of Antiquities, told Al-Arabiya.net and Al-Hadath.net that Cleopatra was Ptolemaic and burgundy in color, not blonde, pointing out that the film’s aim is to claim that the Egyptian civilization is black.
He pointed out that the documentary film will be forgotten by the world in a short period of time, because it relies on historical inaccuracies and false information, and did not provide a single evidence that the queen was black.
Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass
He said that he was “not against blacks”, but against “attempting to steal the Egyptian civilization and claiming that it was African”, noting that people of black origin have no connection with this civilization, just as the pictures on the walls of the temples confirm that the kings are not black and do not have black skin, just as Cleopatra is Macedonian and has nothing to do with blacks at all.
Biological anthropology studies and DNA studies conducted on ancient Egyptian mummies and human bones confirmed that the Egyptians do not bear the features of sub-Saharan Africans, such as the shape of the skull, the width and breadth of the cheeks and nose, and the advancement of the upper jaw.
He said that all the statues show the Hellenistic Greek features of Queen Cleopatra in terms of light skin, a withdrawn nose and thin lips, adding that the writings of historians who recorded the events of Roman history in Egypt during Cleopatra’s era confirmed that she was light-skinned and of pure Macedonian origins.
He pointed out that Cleopatra VII descended from a family that ruled Egypt for nearly 300 years, founded by King Ptolemy I, one of the Macedonian leaders, stressing that biological anthropology studies and DNA studies conducted on ancient Egyptian mummies and human bones confirmed that the Egyptians do not bear the features of South Africans. Sahara, such as the shape of the skull, the width and breadth of the cheeks and nose, and the advancement of the upper jaw.
Cleopatra as portrayed by Hollywood and portrayed by Elizabeth Taylor
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities had responded to the broadcast of the “Netflix” platform for the “Queen Cleopatra” documentary, where Dr. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said that the appearance of the heroine in this body is a falsification of Egyptian history and a blatant historical fallacy, especially since the film is classified as a documentary rather than a dramatic work, which requires those in charge of its industry to investigate accuracy and rely on historical and scientific facts to ensure that they are not Falsifying the history and civilizations of peoples.
He added that it was necessary to refer to specialists in archeology and anthropology when making this kind of documentaries and historical films, which will remain a witness to the civilizations and history of nations, pointing out that there are many antiquities of Queen Cleopatra, including statues and depictions on coins that confirm the shape and true features of her. .
2023-05-14 03:08:00
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