Egypt Museum

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Iwaenheru Setepenre: Caesarion, the Last Dawn of Egypt

Born in Alexandria in 47 B.C., Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar; known to history as Caesarion, “Little Caesar”, was the only son of Cleopatra VII and Julius Caesar. His lineage alone seemed to fuse two worlds: the golden legacy of the Pharaohs and the iron empire of Rome. Through him, Egypt and Rome might have...

Portrait Head (possibly Cleopatra VII)

This limestone head (British Museum. 1879,0712.15) shows a woman with a hooked nose, curved nostrils, pointed chin and almond-shaped eyes; features strikingly close to those seen on coin portraits of Cleopatra VII. The hair is styled in the “melon” coiffure, drawn back into a plaited knot, with two ringlets falling by the ears. The ears...