Arsinoe is a real beauty. I love her statue portrait, but in your rendering, she is so modern. The last take of Cleopatra is like a switch in time. Possibly the best reconstruction of her.
because the software uses faces of people today to generate closest looking face. It's not really how she looked but close. Btw I've lived across the world and I've seen those faces everywhere starting from where I was born to where I live now.
@None ofyobizness Vasilisa Kleopatra was Serbian origin. Like all pharaoh. Vasijije Serbian male name. Vasil-Russian. Russian's are Serbs. State established by Vikings also Serbs. Serbs understan Russians very well. Ras is old par in Serbia. Aleksandria in Egypt was build by Aleksandar Karanovic (makedonski-geographyc ) Serb origin also. Spartan army leader. One more thing Roman empire was Serbian, all eperors Serbs.
Εξαιρετική δουλειά ! Νιώθω πολύ περήφανη που ένας Έλληνας κατάφερε να ζωντανέψει το παρελθόν με τρόπο αρκετά πιο αξιόπιστο από άλλα κανάλια του είδους ! Σας ευχαριστώ !
This is very well done. It humanizes these famous historical figures. Also, in your renderings, Cleopatra is indeed beautiful, she just isn't "baby faced" Elizabeth Taylor. She has strong cheekbones, and a large nose, to populations where people have such facial traits, she is a beauty. Well done!
Beware cleopatra vii seductive eyes . Octavian is my fictive brother . Beautiful on coins? she is Not. On busts not very pretty. The dead is more beautiful than the living they say. But I am wiser than Mark Anthony and Julius caesar when it comes to cleo, and women in general. I side with you on this point, beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
Venus de Milo, which was created by Greeks around 100 BC has a similar look, so the standards of beauty especially among southern Europeans in that period favored larger or more aquiline noses.
I believe the intent is to make the reconstructions accessible to modern eyes--- surprisingly accessible. Most ancient hairstyles are grossly artificial and contrived--- distracting from the real person. Ancient coifs were also often merely wigs. In any event, even ancient women had to let their hair down sometimes. These reconstructions are therefore intimate portraits.
I am Egyptian, it is in my DNA. I have northern African, Maltese and southern African as well, and I am so honored that you are using the authentic depictions. This is very important to be true to the Egyptians. The sculptures of the man Ptolemy show how stunningly handsome he was. You depicted him with such good looking facial features. He was a good looking man. You did a very authentically close and beautiful depiction of Cleopatra. Thank you for keeping the integrity of Cleopatra by using the facial features depicted in stone. You are a blessing to authenticity in the world. These are fabulous and authentic portrayals as best as you could, you did a great job.
@@ptolemyglenn79 - How do you know what I look like? You are wrong about everything you say. I am proud to be part Egyptian. You sound jealous and mean. It is an honor to be part Egyptian. it is a great thing. Don't be so jealous. Go find out what you are and leave us Egyptians alone with our pride of ancestry.
@@ptolemyglenn79 Keep in mind that you are not Ptolemy. You might be psychotic if you think you are Ptolemy. Here is some information about him. Ptolemy, Latin in full Claudius Ptolemaeus, (born c. 100 CE-died c. 170 CE), an Egyptian astronomer, mathematician, and geographer of Greek descent who flourished in Alexandria during the 2nd century CE. In several fields his writings represent the culminating achievement of Greco-Roman science, particularly his geocentric (Earth-centred) model of the universe now known as the Ptolemaic system. Virtually nothing is known about Ptolemy’s life except what can be inferred from his writings. His first major astronomical work, the Almagest, was completed about 150 CE and contains reports of astronomical observations that Ptolemy had made over the preceding quarter of a century. The size and content of his subsequent literary production suggests that he lived until about 170 CE.
Panagiotis, you have truly made the dead alive again . Genius, talent & lots of hard work puts you in a class of your own in this field. Ευχαριστώ. Thank you.
You truly are the best. The second version of Cleopatra looks like the more plausible also considering her portraits on coins. Inspite the nose she looks pretty and especially with the modern hair style she seems to be an interesting woman. You truly are able to bring them back to life! I enjoy your reconstructions very much!!!
Women can have larger noses and still look beautiful. I think we in the modern world oversize such noses to the point of ugly which is more about shape than actual size.
People thought africa means land of black people or black continet well it is not The word africa was given by the romans to berber and the berber during that time was white not black
aFRICA IS natively black! This is a fact, yes rulers, invaders land looters eg romans and currently france, uk can place their rulers there but it was mainly black native.s
Do you think inmediate incest create mutants? Silbings having children its not really different from mating with someone from your own ethnicy. Incest really starts affecting a lineage if practiced more than twice in a row, and most of that bad effects must not be physically visible, most likely mental illness or organ problems.
@@ezzaddin5588ever heard about pharaoh Akhenaten , not of ptolemaic blood yet a weirdo . Incest gave him a female body and an alien long head. Cleo, selena and arsonie are lucky.
@@ezzaddin5588 visibly deformed children would have been disposed of. Many societies practiced royal incest including Hawaiians, Incas, Aztecs, as a way of keeping bloodlines pure. They simply discarded any children that were deformed or mentally defective.
@@sutekh-9864 yes but it tasted very different and mead made from honey tasted like white wine....YUCK! Unless you're expecting wine....then maybe yummy lol.😉
omg i've been searching the closest Cleopatra's face to the real one, trying to imagine, and i found this.. you made it!!!! Thankyou so much!! Can't thank you enough!
And now, in 2023 we have the Wakanda (black) Cleopatra netflix ''documentary''! The producer behind this monstrocity is of course, Jada Pinket Smith. Good job netflix, good job! Next you should consider making another ''documentary'' about a Chinese Napoleon.
@@Primarch19th of course we can hit the pause button but come on i'm sure when you make a video you don't say to yourself : "ok at this point the viewers will hit pause and read..."
@NUMBER ELEVEN Historians say she was white of Macedonian decent. Her grandfather was Alexander the Great. She had a Greek heritage with the last name of Ptolemy.
ΤΗΑΝΚ ΥΟU for this. In my years of American college, i had countless arguments with Afroamerican classmates insisting that Cleopatra was their black African Queen and their hero !
@@oriraykai3610 Cleopatra was of Greek origin and was a ruler in a Hellenistic state! But what's more - before Alexander the Great conquered Egypt, the original people of Egypt, including the rulers weren't black either (they weren't white too, in modern day Egypt their descendants are Copts). I don't think it's ok to say stupid things like "black Cleopatra" and get away with it... It is just a mixture of ignorance with very bad, malevolent political agenda.
@@marta9127 as a person studying the history of the world, i find almost unbearable when people claim the cleopatra was black, like no go learn about alexander and his conquest
@@FREE_WILL_DEFENDER Yes, exactly how was she a genius? She was certainly an intelligent, educated woman. She survived a civil war and managed to keep her throne among Roman power politics for 20+ years--so she was a survivor. But the Egypt she ruled over was effectively a Roman client state.
These reconstructions gives the characters you are reading about in history, the enfleshment I need for an orthodox imagination about how they looked. Now that I know what they look like, I can connect with them, not only literarily but in a way virtually through the medium of the pages of history.Thank you
@@MalteseKat I disagree because the reconstructions tend to be closer to the ancient busts and indeed gives them life . Some imagination on the part of the artist is still needed however, eg for the color of the eyes. I think the artist is also following facial descriptions from the primary literature as well, and he has combined them with sculptural busts. Hence in my visual opinion they do look more Greco- Roman and of the era to which they belong; than looking anglican. Also, from the literary sources and the numerous busts and frescos we do have from that material culture ,we sure do have a very good idea of how the ancient greeks and Romans looked.The artist is doing is best and at most times he is uncannily on point.
@@MalteseKat Yes, well, the ancients seemed to be fairer and closer in appearance to people of Northern Europe than modern Mediterranean people. Remember, the modern populations are the result of those ancients plus a lot of invasions from other peoples. Most recently, the Ottoman Empire!
You're spot on with the men's faces from sculpture to realism, but off slightly with the women's in an attempt to beautify them. Don't beautify just do realism.
@@cherylscott6040 Why does every video about Ancient Egypt have tonnes of you people in the comments? Stop stealing North African history, and get your own.
Now Cleopatra is called macedonian and someone dares admire this betrayal of history everybody knows she was a descendant of the greek Ptolemeos it is useless to comment anything anymore as obviously we face people who are unaware of historical knowledge
because people watched netflix and thought she was dark.. but people dont know history anymore. She was a part of the Ptolemaic dynasty and that name alone will make mouth breathers tune out. I talked to some fans of the docu in person and they had no idea Greece even ruled Egypt.
I don’t understand why some channels are depicting her and others as black when they were not. This insanity needs to stop. Keep your inferiority complex to yourself historians or whomever is responsible for altering history.
La bellezza della realizzazione dei volti di personaggi storici in video dove tutto diventa reale dal passato fino al nostro presente. Grazie per questo 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
Your work is always amazing. Could you slow down your titles or list them? Also I love the music you are choosing. Who is singing this version of the song? It would be wonderful if you would list your music also. Thank you!
I agree the depictions are really great & very interesting. Historical figures we all learnt about are now humanised in your great work. But I also agree please slow down the titles. They go by too fast & you have to keep going back when reading them. Thank you
Best rendition of Cleopatra I have ever seen and I have seen so many. The 2 statues look like sisters ... her real half sister also looks related but different. GREAT JOB! omg.
I really enjoy these but I would enjoy them even more if you would slow down a bit when the text is up. I’m not a slow reader by any means, but come on! 🤓
The best portrayal of what Cleopatra must have looked like... Similar to what I had imagined... She was mesmerising because of her intelligence, heart, courage and beauty. A powerful combination not found in many.
Well done! "Se não fosse o nariz Cleópatra teria mudado a face do mundo" Pascal Cleópatra era muito inteligente, perspicaz, ambiciosa. Adorei o seu trabalho! Muito obrigada.
They spoke koine, the language used in Greek bible and religious services even today....with a little practice from both sides(them and modern Greek) they could blend right in.
@@olbiomoiros Every language changes over time. The wonderful thing about the Greek language is that these changes are very small compared to most Indo-Europeans
@@gelisgeo1309 Well, the last *major* change happened some time before the battle of Marathon. Since then, there have only been relatively minor changes.
Well, Cleopatra was indeed African by birth. But that doesn't mean she was black. She was an ethnic Greek. I think the attempts to claim otherwise are misguided. Gal Gadot is perfectly fine as Cleopatra.
Thank you for your great work of bringing to life those whose appearances have only existed in the creative centers of our minds. I have always had the feeling that Alexander the Great, whom they say was poisoned, was in fact eliminated by Ptolemy, his general, because when we see how Ptolemy took over and became the king, it looks like it was planned. I have heard that the story of Alexander’s exploits was only put to paper some 400 years after he lived, so what really happened we will never know. It’s just fantastic to see the sculptures-I am a sculptor---brought to life. Each sculptor of course sculpted his or her subjects with his or her own interpretation, so we can only have a global idea of what they must have looked like. But again, thanks to your work, we get a glimpse into our past and what a surprise to see that the greatest of all our past heroes were mostly in their prime, in their twenties and thirties.
@D.N. TE'KANNON Alexander generals were extremely loyal to him as they followed him far beyond reasonable levels. Only one of his cadre was disloyal to him.
@@bighands69 Gggggggggreat to hear from you! Will we ever know anything about Alexander the Great? I'm told the first biography of him was 300 years after his death. All we know is that in his time a man in his early thirties was at the height of his powers. I've always thought 34 was my best year because absolutely everything I wanted to do all the doors were open for me. What a life Alexander had to be tutored by Aristotle and then to go on winning battle after battle.
I always wonder at these portraits. Some, especially Republic era Roman portraiture seems so raw and not made to flatter the subject while the greeks seem to add a bit more subtext to the persons portrait. Imagining them in human form is difficult for me so I appreciate the vids
Συγχαρητήρια για την εξαιρετική απεικόνιση. Δίνει μια ζωντανή διάσταση στα ιστορικά πρόσωπα και χωρίς κανείς να το θέλει συγκρίνει την προσωπική τους ιστορία με την φυσιογνωμία τους.
Here, Cleopatra has natural features that make her more beautiful then in legend. Her allure was not only physical, but intellectual, as well. Combined with her strength of character, and her education ... When animated, you indeed captured the Queen.
They are making a new movie about Cleopatra and have cast Gal Gadot. Not a terrible choice; but by my reckoning, like Elizabeth Taylor, Gadot is too beautiful for the role. Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga) would have been the ideal choice: her resemblance to Cleopatra is striking.
@@Tipi_Dan I would much rather have Tonia Sotiropoulou play Kleo, she's still "way too gorgeous" but she's Greek and has that type of face you'd expect from a ruler
Thank you! I've been very confused at the two mainstream conceptions that Cleopatra ought to be portrayed as Negroid or Levantine. I keep reminding people she's a Ptolemy!
Cleopatra's ancestry was not 100% Macedonian. Through a Seleucid princess that had married into the Ptolemies she was also a descendant of Apama, an Iranian noblewoman that became Queen Consort to Seleucus I Nicator. Thus, she also had at least some Middle-Eastern ancestry though a Persian or Sogdian ancestor. While the Ptolemaic royals were a bit like the Hapsburgs with all the inbreeding, there were some exceptions (like the above mentioned princess) and not every female ancestor of Cleopatra VII - including her mother & one of her grandmothers - is known. While her mother may very well have just been another member of the Ptolemaic dynasty it is also possible that she was a family member of the highly influential high priest of Ptah. The high priests of Ptah were Egyptian. There isn't any evidence of Egyptian ancestry in her family tree but with it containing gaps & at least the possibility that her mother or grandmother were from that priestly family, it also cannot be entirely ruled out.
@@lycaonpictus9662 I agree with you Some historians agree that Cleopatra's grandmother (Ptolemy XII's mother) was Cleopatra IV and that Ptolemy XII was considered illegitimate because his mother was not longer married to his father and as a result of internal conflict she burrows in Syria and becomes a Seleucid queen. he was no longer a legitimate child. Then for the mother of Cleopatra VII some say that it is Cleopatra VI Tryphaena Another a Greek concubine and another an Egyptian concubine. Some think they have found the skeleton of Arsinoe IV which would be Greco-Egyptian but to estimate the origins of a person with a skull is pseudo science, the team did not even have it and determined all that to from old photos and estimated the age of the skeleton at 16 which means that she was at the head of an army against Caesar at 9 which seems doubtful to me In short, it is not impossible either that cleopatra's mother was Egyptian even if on her busts, she looks more like a Greek woman, it remains idealized. We'll see if historians will eventually find out who her mother was
Interesting video! the bust to the physical representation in your video is well done.I have seen other videos of a darker skinned Cleopatra. But that has extended to many ancient famous people, one being the Carthaginian military General and tactician Hannibal. Many have him as fair complected with straight hair. Others portray him as looking dark skinned with kinky hair and beard. Good video!
Good point. Too many people with agendas insist that many ancient figures were much darker when the facts dispute it. The Ptolemies, when they weren't inbreeding, brought in fresh blood from Greece. Hannibal was from Phoenician stock not sub-Saharan.
This would be cool if you could do another version, this time using Cleo and her half sisters Arsinoe IV and Berenice IV.. if there are usable references for the sisters that is. Love your work bringing the faces of the past back to life bro.
I LOVE YOU CLEOPATRA she was so beautiful and Ptolemy i believe in you from Egypt. She's a queen of Egypt from Greek-Macedon , born in Alexandria Ancient Egyptian.
Indeed more beautiful than her sister cleopatra, and that's one of the reason why cleopatra had her executed, after Arsinöe incited Seige of Alexandria
@@patrickjohnson1808 The Arsinoe represented in this video is not the sister of Cleopatra. Her sister is Arsinoe IV here it is Arsinoe III daughter of Ptolemy III and Berenice II and sister of Ptolemy IV. Cleopatra did not assassinate her because she was more beautiful but because her and their brother Ptolemy xiii joined forces to assassinated Cleopatra who fled to Syria in-49 while Arsinoe took her place as queen. Cleopatra thanks to Caesar restores the wills of their father and becomes queen again but Arsinoe and Ptolemy XII not being in agreement triggered the siege of Alexandria which they lost Ptolemy drowns and Arsinoe is spared and sent to Ephesus. She was not assassinated until-41 or 6 years after her defeat. Perhaps by revenge and Arsinoe could have been used by Rome against Cleopatra. Obviously it's horrible to murder your sister but it's so common in the Ptolemaic dynasty which further weakened their power.
@@patrickjohnson1808 You're welcome :) there isn't much representation of Cleopatra's siblings there is a supposed bust of her older sister Berenice IV but some think it's Cleopatra since they look alike and a medallion of Ptolemy XIII unfortunately no representation of Arsinoe. They found a skeleton of a 15/16 year old girl in Ephesus with a lighthouse of Alexandria in the tomb however the date differs slightly from that of her death but some believe it is her but it would be admit that at 9 years old she organized a siege and proclaimed herself queen and that she was younger than their brother when she is described as older than him in the texts. They made a reconstruction but since they had lost the skull they made it from old photographs and it would also be the only one of the lagid dynasty found. The representations are on the internet she is cute but it looks very cartoonish. They should Make her more realistic.
@@Laodice347 thanks again Pilounalapopo. You've perked my interest on this topic very much. I'm an avid lover of classical history.I will be doing some research on the matter. You know Pilounalapopo, the main characters of history are more studied than the secondary ones, that's a disservice readers of history need to correct. The information you gave me above, reminds me to pay more attention to the secondary ones in detail, or else risk having with a lacuna in my knowledge.
Arsinoe is a real beauty. I love her statue portrait, but in your rendering, she is so modern. The last take of Cleopatra is like a switch in time. Possibly the best reconstruction of her.
My US friends say Cleopatra should look like Kate Beckinsale, Erlizabeth Taylor... Or Michelle Obama, Nicky Minaj... And always get very angry.
They could've done more effort with her hair.
Yes! Unlike Cleopatra, it’s been documented that Arsinoe was considered a stunning beauty during her lifetime.
@@sunrisings292
Those that ruled in North Africa at the time were Europeans.
@@billie6528
Cleopatra was beautiful hence why she was desired by several men.
Stunning ! I can see any of these faces in Athens today .
because the software uses faces of people today to generate closest looking face. It's not really how she looked but close. Btw I've lived across the world and I've seen those faces everywhere starting from where I was born to where I live now.
And in Bucharest for that matter
@None ofyobizness Vasilisa Kleopatra was Serbian origin. Like all pharaoh. Vasijije Serbian male name.
Vasil-Russian. Russian's are Serbs. State established by Vikings also Serbs.
Serbs understan Russians very well. Ras is old par in Serbia.
Aleksandria in Egypt was build by Aleksandar Karanovic (makedonski-geographyc ) Serb origin also. Spartan army leader.
One more thing Roman empire was Serbian, all eperors Serbs.
@@insider2546 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣Are you serious???Stop humiliating serbs.They are decent and serious people.Stop writing nonsense.
@@insider2546 whatever you say, ha
Εξαιρετική δουλειά ! Νιώθω πολύ περήφανη που ένας Έλληνας κατάφερε να ζωντανέψει το παρελθόν με τρόπο αρκετά πιο αξιόπιστο από άλλα κανάλια του είδους ! Σας ευχαριστώ !
Me too,am so proud of him ,his work is really amazing. Excellent job! Bravo!👏👏
This is very well done. It humanizes these famous historical figures. Also, in your renderings, Cleopatra is indeed beautiful, she just isn't "baby faced" Elizabeth Taylor. She has strong cheekbones, and a large nose, to populations where people have such facial traits, she is a beauty. Well done!
Beware cleopatra vii seductive eyes . Octavian is my fictive brother . Beautiful on coins? she is Not. On busts not very pretty. The dead is more beautiful than the living they say. But I am wiser than Mark Anthony and Julius caesar when it comes to cleo, and women in general. I side with you on this point, beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
@Edmond&Mercedes That's your opinion.
Venus de Milo, which was created by Greeks around 100 BC has a similar look, so the standards of beauty especially among southern Europeans in that period favored larger or more aquiline noses.
@@Crunkboy415 Yeah not small ones like in Medieval society.
Indeed! Looks great!
Cleopatra eyes show intelligence and i liked very much the last image you rendered. You are a true artist!
ah ah , eyes, the only one element that we have no trace
It is just a supposition how they looked in the past
Cleopatra reminds me of Jane Seymour the actress.
I agree! Cleopatra looks like she could hold her own in Roman power-politics.
She was renowned for her intelligence and excellent education, something not common for women in Roman times.
My only complaint is giving them modern hair styles. It's all digital, they could do the historic look.
I believe the intent is to make the reconstructions accessible to modern eyes--- surprisingly accessible. Most ancient hairstyles are grossly artificial and contrived--- distracting from the real person. Ancient coifs were also often merely wigs. In any event, even ancient women had to let their hair down sometimes. These reconstructions are therefore intimate portraits.
Yeah, they should add the historic apparel at that time & don’t forget the headdress too
And the make up eyes
They should maintain the original hairstyles
@@poonamkhaitan4192 mmm yes, to get like a real visual of what it really looked like.
I am Egyptian, it is in my DNA. I have northern African, Maltese and southern African as well, and I am so honored that you are using the authentic depictions. This is very important to be true to the Egyptians. The sculptures of the man Ptolemy show how stunningly handsome he was. You depicted him with such good looking facial features. He was a good looking man. You did a very authentically close and beautiful depiction of Cleopatra. Thank you for keeping the integrity of Cleopatra by using the facial features depicted in stone. You are a blessing to authenticity in the world. These are fabulous and authentic portrayals as best as you could, you did a great job.
Keep in mind the Ptolemies were not Egyptian. They were Macedonian. So unsure how you say it's an honour, as they don't look like you.
@@ptolemyglenn79 - How do you know what I look like? You are wrong about everything you say. I am proud to be part Egyptian. You sound jealous and mean. It is an honor to be part Egyptian. it is a great thing. Don't be so jealous. Go find out what you are and leave us Egyptians alone with our pride of ancestry.
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@@ptolemyglenn79 Keep in mind that you are not Ptolemy. You might be psychotic if you think you are Ptolemy. Here is some information about him. Ptolemy, Latin in full Claudius Ptolemaeus, (born c. 100 CE-died c. 170 CE), an Egyptian astronomer, mathematician, and geographer of Greek descent who flourished in Alexandria during the 2nd century CE. In several fields his writings represent the culminating achievement of Greco-Roman science, particularly his geocentric (Earth-centred) model of the universe now known as the Ptolemaic system.
Virtually nothing is known about Ptolemy’s life except what can be inferred from his writings. His first major astronomical work, the Almagest, was completed about 150 CE and contains reports of astronomical observations that Ptolemy had made over the preceding quarter of a century. The size and content of his subsequent literary production suggests that he lived until about 170 CE.
Panagiotis, you have truly made the dead alive again . Genius, talent & lots of hard work puts you in a class of your own in this field. Ευχαριστώ. Thank you.
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You truly are the best. The second version of Cleopatra looks like the more plausible also considering her portraits on coins. Inspite the nose she looks pretty and especially with the modern hair style she seems to be an interesting woman. You truly are able to bring them back to life! I enjoy your reconstructions very much!!!
Women can have larger noses and still look beautiful. I think we in the modern world oversize such noses to the point of ugly which is more about shape than actual size.
It's weird that some people think Cleopatra was a black woman and some shows even have a black woman playing her. She was Greek, people.
People thought africa means land of black people or black continet well it is not
The word africa was given by the romans to berber and the berber during that time was white not black
Even real ethnic Egyptians weren’t black.
@@scarymonster5541 if you want to see the ancestors of north Africa, look at the amazingh people, they are mostly white passing.
@@newtonia-uo4889 well yes i know that
aFRICA IS natively black! This is a fact, yes rulers, invaders land looters eg romans and currently france, uk can place their rulers there but it was mainly black native.s
They look relatively good considering the practiced sibling marriage
Do you think inmediate incest create mutants? Silbings having children its not really different from mating with someone from your own ethnicy. Incest really starts affecting a lineage if practiced more than twice in a row, and most of that bad effects must not be physically visible, most likely mental illness or organ problems.
@@bryangracida they practiced it for generations upon generations the entire line is inbred
@@ezzaddin5588ever heard about pharaoh Akhenaten , not of ptolemaic blood yet a weirdo . Incest gave him a female body and an alien long head. Cleo, selena and arsonie are lucky.
@@ezzaddin5588 visibly deformed children would have been disposed of. Many societies practiced royal incest including Hawaiians, Incas, Aztecs, as a way of keeping bloodlines pure. They simply discarded any children that were deformed or mentally defective.
@@patrickjohnson1808 He was also of European decent though. Very strange looking fellow, indeed.
Cleopatra: "I am hot and the Romans know that..."
Arsenoe: "Hold my cup of wine..."
Arsenoe best waifu
Wow! Like your phrase about Cleo, " I'm HOT and the Romans know that".
Imagine if they did Athena!.......hold my demi god.......lol
They had beer too
@@sutekh-9864 yes but it tasted very different and mead made from honey tasted like white wine....YUCK! Unless you're expecting wine....then maybe yummy lol.😉
omg i've been searching the closest Cleopatra's face to the real one, trying to imagine, and i found this.. you made it!!!! Thankyou so much!! Can't thank you enough!
And now, in 2023 we have the Wakanda (black) Cleopatra netflix ''documentary''! The producer behind this monstrocity is of course, Jada Pinket Smith. Good job netflix, good job! Next you should consider making another ''documentary'' about a Chinese Napoleon.
And a complete lie - cultural appropriation attempt.
The Chinese have impressive history on their own. They don't need Napoleon.
Napoleon was a black Ethiopian
So many people are triggered by this subject.........😂
love your work but man keep the texts longer! No way we can read fast enough...
Noted!
Pst...Just hit the "pause" icon. Back at ya.
@@Primarch19th of course we can hit the pause button but come on i'm sure when you make a video you don't say to yourself : "ok at this point the viewers will hit pause and read..."
@@GM-db4bv Precisely 👍👍👍
Press "pause"
I wish I could learn how to do this to bring my great grandparents old photos to life!
Go to myhertiage and you can upload and have photos move like this
Here is how to do: ruclips.net/video/52HKhv-UYJA/видео.html 😉
Cleopatra looks strong and determined with humor in her eyes.
I met her real reincarnation in France during the 90s, she was a gypsy woman named Michelle. Her personality was exactly than your description here.
@@FromAgen bruh
@@PrincessBulma97 This is a long story.
@NUMBER ELEVEN Historians say she was white of Macedonian decent. Her grandfather was Alexander the Great. She had a Greek heritage with the last name of Ptolemy.
@NUMBER ELEVEN lunatics thats why, more about the feels than the truth.
ΤΗΑΝΚ ΥΟU for this. In my years of American college, i had countless arguments with Afroamerican classmates insisting that Cleopatra was their black African Queen and their hero !
They didn't know history at all. Probably they didn't hear about Alexander the Great and his conquests 🤦🏻♀️
@@oriraykai3610 Cleopatra was of Greek origin and was a ruler in a Hellenistic state! But what's more - before Alexander the Great conquered Egypt, the original people of Egypt, including the rulers weren't black either (they weren't white too, in modern day Egypt their descendants are Copts). I don't think it's ok to say stupid things like "black Cleopatra" and get away with it... It is just a mixture of ignorance with very bad, malevolent political agenda.
@@marta9127 as a person studying the history of the world, i find almost unbearable when people claim the cleopatra was black, like no go learn about alexander and his conquest
Cleopatra was stunningly beautiful, brave and a genius.
She was timeless.
A genius? I would not go that far
@@FREE_WILL_DEFENDER Yes, exactly how was she a genius? She was certainly an intelligent, educated woman. She survived a civil war and managed to keep her throne among Roman power politics for 20+ years--so she was a survivor. But the Egypt she ruled over was effectively a Roman client state.
@@Unknown-jt1jo Also supposedly spoke like 5 languages
Its about time someone did a REAL depiction of Cleopatra and the Ptolemies....Bravo good job.
These reconstructions gives the characters you are reading about in history, the enfleshment I need for an orthodox imagination about how they looked. Now that I know what they look like, I can connect with them, not only literarily but in a way virtually through the medium of the pages of history.Thank you
all are anglicized faces
@@MalteseKat I disagree because the reconstructions tend to be closer to the ancient busts and indeed gives them life . Some imagination on the part of the artist is still needed however, eg for the color of the eyes. I think the artist is also following facial descriptions from the primary literature as well, and he has combined them with sculptural busts. Hence in my visual opinion they do look more Greco- Roman and of the era to which they belong; than looking anglican. Also, from the literary sources and the numerous busts and frescos we do have from that material culture ,we sure do have a very good idea of how the ancient greeks and Romans looked.The artist is doing is best and at most times he is uncannily on point.
Arsinoi was beuatifull
@@MalteseKat Yes, well, the ancients seemed to be fairer and closer in appearance to people of Northern Europe than modern Mediterranean people. Remember, the modern populations are the result of those ancients plus a lot of invasions from other peoples. Most recently, the Ottoman Empire!
@@jonathancummings6400 Not really. The Ottoman invasion genes thing is highly exaggerated.
You're spot on with the men's faces from sculpture to realism, but off slightly with the women's in an attempt to beautify them. Don't beautify just do realism.
They put modern make-up on the women.
The attempt wasn't to beautify but hide their true complexions of said region in "ancient" times...
@@cherylscott6040 I suggest don't. Keep it real.
MSN The ladies are gorgeous and if anything the "makeup" is very natural whereas Egyptian royalty wore very elaborate eye makeup
@@cherylscott6040 Why does every video about Ancient Egypt have tonnes of you people in the comments? Stop stealing North African history, and get your own.
I just wish you'd give them the hairstyles make up and clothes of the time
But they're still here at this time,?
I really love your background music!
For speed readers only.
I tried it at 1/2 and it was still too fast. 1/4 was good.
Indeed and it s too bad really
It's actually nice to not have to FF through slow ass text that I could read 15 times before it changed.
Indeed a picture says a thousand words
No kidding...
Brilliant!! These renders literally put flesh on the image of these historic figures humanising them perfectly.. Great work!
As a greek woman who has grown up in Alexandria Cleopatra has always been an inspiration
So you're a descendant of Ancient Greeks colons. Cleopatra was a Macedonian.
Now Cleopatra is called macedonian and someone dares admire this betrayal of history everybody knows she was a descendant of the greek Ptolemeos it is useless to comment anything anymore as obviously we face people who are unaware of historical knowledge
@@zazazazizizi6276 ancient macedonians were greeks not slavs
@@zazazazizizi6276 Macedonians were Greeks
@@zazazazizizi6276 But since she was greek(!) macedonian and not slavic macedonian, calling her greek is technically correct.
I love this channel! Looking into the faces of historical figures is fascinating 😊
Arsenoe was so beautiful and had an enigmatic eyes.
They all look stunning!
People would live shorter.
Her name is even Greek...Why are people shocked that Cleopatra was Greek? I don't understand this.
Americans think Africa = black
Her name is Macedonian,she was Macedonian
@@kostadinpanov4596 which is even more european then greece
because people watched netflix and thought she was dark.. but people dont know history anymore. She was a part of the Ptolemaic dynasty and that name alone will make mouth breathers tune out. I talked to some fans of the docu in person and they had no idea Greece even ruled Egypt.
@@deejay7339 Macedonia ruled Egypt,not Greece,replacing the name Macedonia with the name Greece is simply incorrect.
I don’t understand why some channels are depicting her and others as black when they were not. This insanity needs to stop. Keep your inferiority complex to yourself historians or whomever is responsible for altering history.
I'd love to see the same treatment given to Cleopatra Selene II based on the elephant portrait.
Thank you so much, this is incredibly brilliant work.
I love history so this is a great treat for me. Went to a Roman exhibit years ago and was mesmerized by the marble busts of these individuals.
Fantastic I love all this "face magic" you do marble faces embedded with life..10/10
Berlin Cleopatra looks exactly like my sister!😱(we are Greek)
Cleopatra wasn’t actually Egyptian, but from Greek descendant !!! So that’s pretty cool 😁
@@Disijdc yeap I know ! 😁
That's horrible to say given Cleopatra had a face like a horse
@@kikichalkia not if they human resemble a horse and I'm sure that is not the case with your sister
Cleopatra was epgyptian
I like seeing both the historical and modern hairstyles because it let's us see them as our peers, not just cold sculptures.
@Panagiotis Constantinou, these are some of the best reconstructions to date of the last ruler of Egypt. Excellent work!
La bellezza della realizzazione dei volti di personaggi storici in video dove tutto diventa reale dal passato fino al nostro presente. Grazie per questo 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
Fascinating. Cleopatra looks very pretty here too. I can definitely see a strong presence of mesocephal and dolichocephal types in these populations.
Your work makes them closer to us. It is nice.
Your work is always amazing. Could you slow down your titles or list them? Also I love the music you are choosing. Who is singing this version of the song? It would be wonderful if you would list your music also. Thank you!
I agree the depictions are really great & very interesting.
Historical figures we all learnt about are now humanised in your great work.
But I also agree please slow down the titles.
They go by too fast & you have to keep going back when reading them.
Thank you
Amazing, I like this Channel very much! Greetings to all from Freiburg and good time, Brigitte
you did a fantastic job and created a wonderful work of art.
Now I get why Marcus Antonius was simping so hard
Very interesting and worthwhile video.
amazing work as usual !
Best rendition of Cleopatra I have ever seen and I have seen so many. The 2 statues look like sisters ... her real half sister also looks related but different. GREAT JOB! omg.
This looks like the best of the historical figures channels. Have to check out more.
Really impressive!! Well done!! More like these please!
I love your work...you make them alive for me with your artistry!😊😊
Man, I love your work! You are a great artist and an historian! *Thank You* for your vision and for sharing it...⭐
I really enjoy these but I would enjoy them even more if you would slow down a bit when the text is up. I’m not a slow reader by any means, but come on! 🤓
use the pause button like i do.
Truly remarkable... loved see more and thank for sharing your talents.
The real Cleopatra is much more beautiful than every single media portrayal of her from 1917 to the present
I spend hours watching these amazing CGI’s They are absolutely brilliant !
Thx mate 😊
These were fabulous, but we need more time to read the material please. I love the music so, so much...I want to listen to it in my car!
I know that we don't really *know* what they looked like, but it's nice to imagine them looking like that based on sculptures.
Their sculptures probably look nothing like their actual faces.
SIMPLY AMAZING WORK!
I love these. Great work. Please keep them coming!
I really loved Arsinoe III. looked stunningly beautiful and gorgeous.
The best portrayal of what Cleopatra must have looked like... Similar to what I had imagined... She was mesmerising because of her intelligence, heart, courage and beauty. A powerful combination not found in many.
Amazing ! Suggestion : THE FAYUM PORTRAITS would be interested !
Fantastic video
I love technology! Excellent work!!
Well done!
"Se não fosse o nariz Cleópatra teria mudado a face do mundo"
Pascal
Cleópatra era muito inteligente, perspicaz, ambiciosa.
Adorei o seu trabalho! Muito obrigada.
Εξαιρετική δουλειά, φίλε, τους περίμενα τους Αλεξανδρινούς Βασιλείς!
Very beautiful work here. So great.
Πολύ όμορφη δουλειά!Πολλά συγχαρητήρια!!!!Μόνο που στα σχόλια υπάρχουν κάποιοι που δεν γνωρίζουν καλά ιστορία και γράφουν ότι θέλουν....
Ευχαριστώ
dislikes from people who cant deal with the fact that Cleo was NOT black wahaman....
WE WAZ THE KAING AND KWEEN OVDA ANCIANTE WORLD
@@MrViki60 Not for your spelling. 😬
@@itsallgood4093 I'm white and racist, and that was a funni joke mocking basketball-americans.
@@MrViki60 and mine was a joke mocking you. 😂
Even Julius Ceasar and Marcus Antonius had a crush on Cleopatra - I realize why 😍
@NUMBER ELEVEN in between - greek
Greek is not INBETWEEN 🤦♀️🤦♀️😅lol!! It's Caucasian!!
@NUMBER ELEVEN Cleopatra was from Ptolemy dynasty. She was Greek which means she was white.
@NUMBER ELEVEN That's goood question mate.
@NUMBER ELEVEN it comes from some crazy nationalist theories, black nationalism this time.
Even thou ancient Greek that they spoke probably sounds different to modern day Greek. They could blend in with the people in Greece you see today.
They spoke koine, the language used in Greek bible and religious services even today....with a little practice from both sides(them and modern Greek) they could blend right in.
Koine (comon ) greek was the language
almost the same as today. Orthodox church use it even now.
Well, obviously. The Greek language has seen major changes
@@olbiomoiros Every language changes over time. The wonderful thing about the Greek language is that these changes are very small compared to most Indo-Europeans
@@gelisgeo1309 Well, the last *major* change happened some time before the battle of Marathon. Since then, there have only been relatively minor changes.
I really enjoy looking at your work, there is no comparison around.👍
Wow wow Wow... You are brilliant...You really bring them back to life.. Please keep doing what you do its absolutely amazing..
@2:55 And some people are complaining that Gal Gadot is going to play Cleopatra in an upcoming film... smh.
Probably some Liberals that claim Cleopatra was black because she was from Egypt.
The "We wuz kangz an shiet" crowd.
Well, Cleopatra was indeed African by birth. But that doesn't mean she was black. She was an ethnic Greek. I think the attempts to claim otherwise are misguided. Gal Gadot is perfectly fine as Cleopatra.
@@Ire308 misguided is an understatement, lol!!
You mean this Hellenistic Greek woman wasn't black?!
I see t shirts all of the time that say different. Hmm, somethings fishy here.
Thank you for your great work of bringing to life those whose appearances have only existed in the creative centers of our minds. I have always had the feeling that Alexander the Great, whom they say was poisoned, was in fact eliminated by Ptolemy, his general, because when we see how Ptolemy took over and became the king, it looks like it was planned. I have heard that the story of Alexander’s exploits was only put to paper some 400 years after he lived, so what really happened we will never know. It’s just fantastic to see the sculptures-I am a sculptor---brought to life. Each sculptor of course sculpted his or her subjects with his or her own interpretation, so we can only have a global idea of what they must have looked like. But again, thanks to your work, we get a glimpse into our past and what a surprise to see that the greatest of all our past heroes were mostly in their prime, in their twenties and thirties.
Ptolemy was only king in Egypt. Alexander’s empire was split up between his generals.
@D.N. TE'KANNON
Alexander generals were extremely loyal to him as they followed him far beyond reasonable levels.
Only one of his cadre was disloyal to him.
@@bighands69 Gggggggggreat to hear from you! Will we ever know anything about Alexander the Great? I'm told the first biography of him was 300 years after his death. All we know is that in his time a man in his early thirties was at the height of his powers. I've always thought 34 was my best year because absolutely everything I wanted to do all the doors were open for me. What a life Alexander had to be tutored by Aristotle and then to go on winning battle after battle.
I always wonder at these portraits. Some, especially Republic era Roman portraiture seems so raw and not made to flatter the subject while the greeks seem to add a bit more subtext to the persons portrait. Imagining them in human form is difficult for me so I appreciate the vids
Συγχαρητήρια για την εξαιρετική απεικόνιση. Δίνει μια ζωντανή διάσταση στα ιστορικά πρόσωπα και χωρίς κανείς να το θέλει συγκρίνει την προσωπική τους ιστορία με την φυσιογνωμία τους.
Ευχαριστώ
You did a lovely portrayal, thank you 🙏💕!
So cool, I love these!
I am very moved to see Ptolemy, the result is really amazing
The British museum Cleopatra is a really fashinating woman. No wonder if that is the real portrait
Very good work and video!
I am hooked on your site!! Simply genius!!
Here, Cleopatra has natural features that make her more beautiful then in legend.
Her allure was not only physical, but intellectual, as well.
Combined with her strength of character, and her education ...
When animated, you indeed captured the Queen.
They are making a new movie about Cleopatra and have cast Gal Gadot. Not a terrible choice; but by my reckoning, like Elizabeth Taylor, Gadot is too beautiful for the role. Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga) would have been the ideal choice: her resemblance to Cleopatra is striking.
@@Tipi_Dan - You have a good eye. Now that I look at her, Lady G does resemble Cleopatra - very much. She would have been the best choice by far.
@@pawwalker3492 Thank you for your kind words.
@@Tipi_Dan I have to concur. Based on what we know about Cleo, Lady Gaga may be the best casting choice.
@@Tipi_Dan I would much rather have Tonia Sotiropoulou play Kleo, she's still "way too gorgeous" but she's Greek and has that type of face you'd expect from a ruler
Thank you! I've been very confused at the two mainstream conceptions that Cleopatra ought to be portrayed as Negroid or Levantine. I keep reminding people she's a Ptolemy!
Cleopatra's ancestry was not 100% Macedonian. Through a Seleucid princess that had married into the Ptolemies she was also a descendant of Apama, an Iranian noblewoman that became Queen Consort to Seleucus I Nicator. Thus, she also had at least some Middle-Eastern ancestry though a Persian or Sogdian ancestor.
While the Ptolemaic royals were a bit like the Hapsburgs with all the inbreeding, there were some exceptions (like the above mentioned princess) and not every female ancestor of Cleopatra VII - including her mother & one of her grandmothers - is known. While her mother may very well have just been another member of the Ptolemaic dynasty it is also possible that she was a family member of the highly influential high priest of Ptah. The high priests of Ptah were Egyptian.
There isn't any evidence of Egyptian ancestry in her family tree but with it containing gaps & at least the possibility that her mother or grandmother were from that priestly family, it also cannot be entirely ruled out.
@@lycaonpictus9662 I agree with you
Some historians agree that Cleopatra's grandmother (Ptolemy XII's mother) was Cleopatra IV and that Ptolemy XII was considered illegitimate because his mother was not longer married to his father and as a result of internal conflict she burrows in Syria and becomes a Seleucid queen. he was no longer a legitimate child. Then for the mother of Cleopatra VII some say that it is Cleopatra VI Tryphaena
Another a Greek concubine and another an Egyptian concubine.
Some think they have found the skeleton of Arsinoe IV which would be Greco-Egyptian but to estimate the origins of a person with a skull is pseudo science, the team did not even have it and determined all that to from old photos and estimated the age of the skeleton at 16 which means that she was at the head of an army against Caesar at 9 which seems doubtful to me
In short, it is not impossible either that cleopatra's mother was Egyptian even if on her busts, she looks more like a Greek woman, it remains idealized.
We'll see if historians will eventually find out who her mother was
Well done! Truly amazing details! ❤
Have you ever thought about utilizing death masks, mummies or shrunken heads as a challenge for your collection?
Interesting video! the bust to the physical representation in your video is well done.I have seen other videos of a darker skinned Cleopatra. But that has extended to many ancient famous people, one being the Carthaginian military General and tactician Hannibal. Many have him as fair complected with straight hair. Others portray him as looking dark skinned with kinky hair and beard. Good video!
Good point. Too many people with agendas insist that many ancient figures were much darker when the facts dispute it. The Ptolemies, when they weren't inbreeding, brought in fresh blood from Greece. Hannibal was from Phoenician stock not sub-Saharan.
This would be cool if you could do another version, this time using Cleo and her half sisters Arsinoe IV and Berenice IV.. if there are usable references for the sisters that is.
Love your work bringing the faces of the past back to life bro.
I love ancient history, it fascinates me.
I LOVE YOU CLEOPATRA she was so beautiful and Ptolemy i believe in you from Egypt. She's a queen of Egypt from Greek-Macedon , born in Alexandria Ancient Egyptian.
Sensacionel! Magnifique!
Amazing! they all look so beautiful
Good work and always fascinating to watch. I would prefer no music at all and more time laps provided to read the editing. Thank you.
Arsenoe is beautiful
Indeed more beautiful than her sister cleopatra, and that's one of the reason why cleopatra had her executed, after Arsinöe incited Seige of Alexandria
@@patrickjohnson1808 The Arsinoe represented in this video is not the sister of Cleopatra. Her sister is Arsinoe IV here it is Arsinoe III daughter of Ptolemy III and Berenice II and sister of Ptolemy IV. Cleopatra did not assassinate her because she was more beautiful but because her and their brother Ptolemy xiii joined forces to assassinated Cleopatra who fled to Syria in-49 while Arsinoe took her place as queen. Cleopatra thanks to Caesar restores the wills of their father and becomes queen again but Arsinoe and Ptolemy XII not being in agreement triggered the siege of Alexandria which they lost
Ptolemy drowns and Arsinoe is spared and sent to Ephesus. She was not assassinated until-41 or 6 years after her defeat. Perhaps by revenge and Arsinoe could have been used by Rome against Cleopatra.
Obviously it's horrible to murder your sister but it's so common in the Ptolemaic dynasty which further weakened their power.
@@Laodice347 Great, Thanks for the refresher Pilounalapopo, I needed that .
@@patrickjohnson1808 You're welcome :) there isn't much representation of Cleopatra's siblings there is a supposed bust of her older sister Berenice IV but some think it's Cleopatra since they look alike and a medallion of Ptolemy XIII unfortunately no representation of Arsinoe. They found a skeleton of a 15/16 year old girl in Ephesus with a lighthouse of Alexandria in the tomb however the date differs slightly from that of her death but some believe it is her but it would be admit that at 9 years old she organized a siege and proclaimed herself queen and that she was younger than their brother when she is described as older than him in the texts. They made a reconstruction but since they had lost the skull they made it from old photographs and it would also be the only one of the lagid dynasty found.
The representations are on the internet she is cute but it looks very cartoonish. They should
Make her more realistic.
@@Laodice347 thanks again Pilounalapopo. You've perked my interest on this topic very much. I'm an avid lover of classical history.I will be doing some research on the matter. You know Pilounalapopo, the main characters of history are more studied than the secondary ones, that's a disservice readers of history need to correct. The information you gave me above, reminds me to pay more attention to the secondary ones in detail, or else risk having with a lacuna in my knowledge.
Pan............... spot on. Even my kids are looking at your vids. Giving "life" to statues is a most interesting thing.
thanks
Last mixed Cleopatra reminds me Gloria Estefan a lot, a 80's pop singer.
Hey we still know her today...lol
we know her dude, you are not so old... after your 120's lets speak again
Great Work. Very Well Done!
This is amazing 😮