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period makeups: ancient Egyptians
The Forgotten Pharaoh
Pharaoh
The Ten Commandments
Moses
Joseph
The Cleopatras
Faraon
Nefertiti, regina del Nilo
Cleopatra’s Daughter
The Ten Commandments
Land of the Pharaohs
The Egyptian
other Mummy’s princesses
Ancient Egyptians
Between biblical crossovers, mummies, the attractions of the pyramids, and Cleopatra, it’s hardly surprising that ancient Egypt has been extensively mined by film-makers.
The dominating face of ancient Egypt in the movies is that of Cleopatra, the last Hellenistic ruler of Egypt. This is perhaps not surprising; but it is paradoxical as she was the last of the Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty and was often portrayed at the time as more Greek than Egyptian.
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