title: Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth.
author: Susan Walker
description: Was Egypt's last queen a female Machiavelli, a goddess, femme fatale or worse? Was she beautiful or woefully overrated? Cleopatra, who died in 30 B.C., has long had fantasy and slander directed at her, without anyone from beyond her time and place knowing what she looked like. Timed to coincide with a British Museum exhibit (which then travels to Rome and Chicago) Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth analyzes the ways the queen's image has changed from the Renaissance to the present. Edited by Susan Walker (Roman Art) and Peter Higgs, deputy keeper and curator, respectively, in the department of Greek and Roman antiquities at the British Museum, the book presents 364 color and 261 b&amp;w illustrations of pieces from the exhibit, including jewelry, sculpture, ceramics, painting and mosaic.
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  ALSO BY JOYCE TYLDESLEY  
  
  
  For Adults  
  
  
  _Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt  
  
  
  Hatchepsut: the Female Pharaoh  
  
  
  Nefertiti: Egypt’s Sun Queen  
  
  
  The Mummy  
  
  
  Ramesses: Egypt’s Greatest Pharaoh  
  
  
  Judgement of the Pharaoh: Crime and Punishment in Ancient Egypt  
  
  
  The Private Lives of the Pharaohs  
  
  
  Egypt’s Golden Empire  
  
  
  Pyramids: The Real Story Behind Egypt’s Most Ancient Monuments  
  
  
  Tales from Ancient Egypt  
  
  
  Egypt: How a Lost Civilization was Rediscovered  
  
  
  Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt  
  
  
  Egyptian Games and Sports_
  
  
  
  
  
  For children  
  
  
  _Mummy Mysteries: The Secret World of Tutankhamun  
  
  
  and the Pharaohs  
  
  
  Egypt (Insiders)  
  
  
  Stories from Ancient Egypt_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CLEOPATRA
  
  
  
  
  
  LAST QUEEN OF EGYPT
  
  
  
  
  
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  JOYCE TYLDESLEY
  
  
  
  
  
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  A Member of the Perseus Books Group  
  
  
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