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1 online resource (streaming video file) (48 min. 40 sec.) ; 293571679 bytes |
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Cleopatra is one of the greatest icons in history. The last Queen of Egypt, she was mythologised for her beauty, her love affairs, and her suicide. Now a remarkable discovery reveals the darker side of history's great queen. This story reveals a tale of sibling rivalry, lust, incest, murder and power that destroyed an empire.Leading archaeologists believe they have discovered the skeleton of Cleopatra's sister - Arsinoe, who was murdered by Cleopatra and Mark Antony. If they're right, this is the first body from Cleopatra's dynasty - the Ptolemies - ever to be found. Arsinoe was a nationalist leader - a teenage pharaoh - who unlike her sister had waged war on Rome and tried to drive them into the sea. The Roman historians told of this feisty, beautiful sister of Cleopatra who rose up against Caesar and was murdered by Mark Antony. But until now it remained an unprovable matter for historical speculation. For the first time, the true story of Cleopatra's family is revealed. This show features dramatic reconstructions from the life and loves of Cleopatra - her marriage to Caesar, the murder of her brother Ptolemy, the triumphal procession in Rome, the love boat with Mark Antony, and the murder of her sister. But these are combined with the gripping investigation into the body, tomb and murder scene of Arsinoe. The most exciting part of this story is the use of CGI which attempts to use pictures of Arsinoe's skull to recreate a soft tissue model of what she would have looked like. In recreating her face, might we also be able to conjure the face of her sister Cleopatra?PRODUCTION DETAILS:Produced by Lion Television in association with Brave New Media. Executive Producer: Paul Elston and Richard Bradley |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-10-21 at 21:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Archaeology -- Research.
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Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C.
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History.
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Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C.
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Queens -- Biography.
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Egypt.
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Streaming video
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Burstein, Stanley, contributor
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Elston, Paul, director
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Jones, Prudence, contributor
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Ladstatter, Sabine, contributor
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Plattner, Georg, contributor
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