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Was Cleopatra Black? A New Netflix Series Is Reviving an Old Controversy
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAdele James in Queen Cleopatra. Credit - Courtesy of Netflix The monumental legacy of Cleopatra,...
Why some Egyptians are fuming over Netflix's Black Cleopatra
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCairo — As soon as Netflix dropped the trailer for its upcoming "docudrama" about ancient Egypt's...
What did Cleopatra, Egypt's last pharaoh, really look like?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoBas relief fragment portraying Cleopatra. Cleopatra VII may have been the most famous woman in the...
Never mind Cleopatra – what about the forgotten queens of ancient Nubia?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJewelry of the kandake Amanishakheto from a pyramid at Meroe. Einsamer Schütze/Wikimedia Commons, CC...
10 things about ancient Egypt that movies and TV got wrong, according to an expert
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAnthony Browder, Egyptologist, reviews ancient-Egyptian facts that movies and series got...
What is the birthstone for August? These three gems represent the month of August.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoPeople born in August can have one of two astrological signs: Leo (born between August 1 and August...
Netflix's Cleopatra controversy, explained
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMassive sunk relief of Cleopatra (Cleopatra VII) and her son Caesarean decorates the south wall of the Temple of Hathor, Dendera, Egypt Getty Images /...
Will Buss: Reactions to Black actress cast in Disney remake are racist
McDonough County Voice via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Disney announced that it was remaking one of its animated films and had cast a woman of color...
After backlash to Netflix's Black 'Queen Cleopatra,' Egypt plans counterprogramming
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNetflix just launched its 'Queen Cleopatra' docudrama series, which depicts the Egyptian queen as Black. Now, Egypt is producing a version that doesn't.
13 Times TV Shows And Movies Didn't Cast Someone White In A Role And White People Got Angry For...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHollywood loves to play fast and loose with casting choices, even when working with a remake of a...