Egyptian queen Cleopatra was no stunner, coin shows
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You might not want to compare your girls beauty to Cleopatra....Happy VD. cd LONDON (AFP) - When Shakespeare wrote that the face of Cleopatra, the ancient queen of Egypt, "beggar'd all description", he meant that words could not sum up her beauty. click hereBut a coin dating from 32BC and put on display in Britain Tuesday shows the phrase had an unintended double meaning -- it depicts the queen as no great looker with a pointed chin, thin lips and sharp nose.
Egyptian queen Cleopatra was no stunner, coin shows
Egyptian queen Cleopatra was no stunner, coin…
Egyptian queen Cleopatra was no stunner, coin shows
You might not want to compare your girls beauty to Cleopatra....Happy VD. cd LONDON (AFP) - When Shakespeare wrote that the face of Cleopatra, the ancient queen of Egypt, "beggar'd all description", he meant that words could not sum up her beauty. click hereBut a coin dating from 32BC and put on display in Britain Tuesday shows the phrase had an unintended double meaning -- it depicts the queen as no great looker with a pointed chin, thin lips and sharp nose.