Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Antony and Cleopatra were not beauties

Antony and Cleopatra, one of history's most romantic couples, were not the great beauties that Hollywood would have us believe, academics have said.

A study of a 2,000-year-old silver coin found the Egyptian queen had a pointed chin, thin lips and sharp nose...Her Roman lover had bulging eyes, thick neck and a hook nose...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/6357311.stm

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