A study of a 2,000-year-old silver coin found the Egyptian queen, famously portrayed by Elizabeth Taylor, had a pointed chin, thin lips and sharp nose. [...][...]“Roman writers tell us that Cleopatra was intelligent and charismatic, and that she had a seductive voice but, tellingly, they do not mention her beauty.”The image of Cleopatra as a beautiful seductress is a more recent image.”
[BBC]
It still seems to me, that if they wanted Cleopatra, she may of been better looking then most at that time. Perhaps they idolized thin lips, and sharp chins. As well as a lot of coins showed the rulers to have sharp noses. So perhaps that was a wanted trait. BBC did another interesting article, but they forgot to take into account what was considered beautiful at the time.
Tags: History, Interesting, OpEd
