Several of the following pictures of Cleopatra come from Clipart.com. They show Cleopatra as portrayed in the popular imagination as well as some carvings from ancient Egypt. This picture shows the heads of the Ptolemies, the Macedonian rulers of Egypt following the death of the empire-building
Alexander the Great. Ptolemy had been a general and possibly close relative of Alexander. After When he died, his empire was split, with Ptolemy taking control of Egypt. As rulers, the Ptolemies remained distinctly Hellenistic (Greek/Macedonian), but adopted Egyptian customs, including the marriage between royal brothers and sisters. Cleopatra, who had married her brothers, as well as consorting with the Roman heads of state, was the last of the ruling Ptolemies.
British Museum Cleopatra Bust
Statue of Cleopatra
Pictures of the Ptolemies
Theda Bara Playing Cleo
Liz Taylor as Cleopatra
Cleopatra Carving
Caesar Stands Before Her
Augustus and Cleopatra
Cleopatra and the Asp
Antony and Cleopatra Coin
Cleopatra Bust
Cleopatra's Needle
Death of Cleopatra Statue
