明らかにする／漏らすd: Antony and Cleopatra's twin babies 描写するd on sculpture discovered over 90 years ago

  • The sculpture was overlooked after its 発見 in 1918 近づく the Nile
  • It shows Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene

By Ted Thornhill

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It was discovered in 1918 近づく the 寺 of Dendera on the west bank of the Nile and acquired by the Egyptian Museum in Cairo ? but its significance has only just been realised.

Now 研究員s believe that a 33-foot sculpture 目録d 単に as ‘JE 46278’ 現実に 描写するs Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene - the twin babies of 示す Antony and Cleopatra VII.

The 発覚 comes 儀礼 of Giuseppina Capriotti, an Egyptologist at the Italy's 国家の 研究 会議.

Ancient: The sculpture, which was found in 1918, depicts Cleopatra's twins

古代の: The sculpture, which was 設立する in 1918, 描写するs Cleopatra's twins

Stone-cold truth: The 33-foot sculpture was catalogued merely as 'JE 46278'

石／投石する-冷淡な truth: The 33-foot sculpture was 目録d 単に as 'JE 46278'

She 述べるd the statue’s unusual looks to 発見 News: ‘It shows two naked children, one male and one 女性（の）, of 同一の size standing within the coils of two snakes. Each 人物／姿／数字 has an arm over the other’s shoulder,? ?while the other 手渡す しっかり掴むs a serpent.’

She 追加するd: ‘Unfortunately the 直面するs are not 井戸／弁護士席 保存するd, but we can see that the boy has curly hair and a braid on the 権利 味方する of the 長，率いる, typical of Egyptian children. The girl’s hair is arranged in a way? 類似の to the いわゆる ?m?elonenfrisur? (?melon coiffure ) an (a)手の込んだ／(v)詳述するd hairstyle often associated with the Ptolemaic 王朝, and Cleopatra 特に.’

Born in Alexandra in 69BC into a Macedonian Greek 王朝 that had 支配するd Egypt for three centuries, Cleopatra was the last pharaoah of 古代の Egypt, acceding to the 王位 at just 17 years of age.

Lavish: 1963's Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor in the starring role

Lavish: 1963's Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor in the starring 役割

It’s said she committed 自殺 in 30BC by 持つ／拘留するing an asp to her breast after 敗北・負かす in the 戦う／戦い of Actium.

She has been immortalised in 非常に／多数の 作品 of art 同様に as Shakespeare’s Antony And Cleopatra and the lavish 1963 film Cleopatra, where she was played by Elizabeth Taylor.

The fabled Queen also had a child ? Caesarion ? with Julius Caesar ? and another son, Ptolemy Philadelphus, with Antony.

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