Cleopatra was a but-her-face

Well my bubble has been burst: It turns out that Mark Antony and Cleopatra were not the Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston of the ancient world that we all thought they were.

A coin being displayed in Britain dating to 32 BC depicts the couple in not so attractive profiles. Apparently Shakespeare was wrong about here, it wasn't true that there were no words to sum up her beauty. Cleopatra simply had no beauty to sum up.

Is it silly to base the physical appearance of one of the most powerful leaders of the ancient world on some hastily made low denomination coins? Probably, but thats not going to stop the tabloids from blowing this out of proportion.

I can't wait until the media drops the Anna Nicole Smith death story and begins 24 nonstop news coverage on Cleopatra's crooked nose.

Links:

Yahoo News - Egyptian queen Cleopatra was no stunner, coin shows

ABC News - Did you know Brad and Jennifer broke up? I didn't!