Cleopatra and Ptolemies - The Greek Rulers of Egypt

I was always wondering how the famous queen of Egypt really looked like, so I did my best to recreate her face as well as the faces of some other Ptolemy kings mixed with some historical facts about that Hellenistic kingdom.
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  • @Fazzel
    @Fazzel2 жыл бұрын

    It's weird that some people think Cleopatra was a black woman and some shows even have a black woman playing her. She was Greek, people.

  • @scarymonster5541

    @scarymonster5541

    2 жыл бұрын

    People thought africa means land of black people or black continet well it is not The word africa was given by the romans to berber and the berber during that time was white not black

  • @strawbolita

    @strawbolita

    2 жыл бұрын

    Even real ethnic Egyptians weren’t black.

  • @newtonia-uo4889

    @newtonia-uo4889

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@scarymonster5541 if you want to see the ancestors of north Africa, look at the amazingh people, they are mostly white passing.

  • @scarymonster5541

    @scarymonster5541

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@newtonia-uo4889 well yes i know that

  • @starbright247

    @starbright247

    Жыл бұрын

    aFRICA IS natively black! This is a fact, yes rulers, invaders land looters eg romans and currently france, uk can place their rulers there but it was mainly black native.s

  • @Nines_Rodriguez
    @Nines_Rodriguez3 жыл бұрын

    Cleopatra: "I am hot and the Romans know that..." Arsenoe: "Hold my cup of wine..."

  • @agenttchong1698

    @agenttchong1698

    3 жыл бұрын

    Arsenoe best waifu

  • @patrickjohnson1808

    @patrickjohnson1808

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Like your phrase about Cleo, " I'm HOT and the Romans know that".

  • @neilgault4610

    @neilgault4610

    3 жыл бұрын

    Imagine if they did Athena!.......hold my demi god.......lol

  • @sutekh-9864

    @sutekh-9864

    3 жыл бұрын

    They had beer too

  • @neilgault4610

    @neilgault4610

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sutekh-9864 yes but it tasted very different and mead made from honey tasted like white wine....YUCK! Unless you're expecting wine....then maybe yummy lol.😉

  • @jonathancummings6400
    @jonathancummings64003 жыл бұрын

    This is very well done. It humanizes these famous historical figures. Also, in your renderings, Cleopatra is indeed beautiful, she just isn't "baby faced" Elizabeth Taylor. She has strong cheekbones, and a large nose, to populations where people have such facial traits, she is a beauty. Well done!

  • @patrickjohnson1808

    @patrickjohnson1808

    3 жыл бұрын

    Beware cleopatra vii seductive eyes . Octavian is my fictive brother . Beautiful on coins? she is Not. On busts not very pretty. The dead is more beautiful than the living they say. But I am wiser than Mark Anthony and Julius caesar when it comes to cleo, and women in general. I side with you on this point, beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.

  • @barbarablue2571

    @barbarablue2571

    3 жыл бұрын

    well....eeeps no, Elizabeth Taylor is better XDD

  • @jonsnow1055

    @jonsnow1055

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@barbarablue2571 That's your opinion.

  • @Crunkboy415

    @Crunkboy415

    3 жыл бұрын

    Venus de Milo, which was created by Greeks around 100 BC has a similar look, so the standards of beauty especially among southern Europeans in that period favored larger or more aquiline noses.

  • @jonsnow1055

    @jonsnow1055

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Crunkboy415 Yeah not small ones like in Medieval society.

  • @trueromancat7978
    @trueromancat79783 жыл бұрын

    Arsinoe is a real beauty. I love her statue portrait, but in your rendering, she is so modern. The last take of Cleopatra is like a switch in time. Possibly the best reconstruction of her.

  • @sunrisings292

    @sunrisings292

    3 жыл бұрын

    My US friends say Cleopatra should look like Kate Beckinsale, Erlizabeth Taylor... Or Michelle Obama, Nicky Minaj... And always get very angry.

  • @rainluna9765

    @rainluna9765

    2 жыл бұрын

    They could've done more effort with her hair.

  • @billie6528

    @billie6528

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes! Unlike Cleopatra, it’s been documented that Arsinoe was considered a stunning beauty during her lifetime.

  • @bighands69

    @bighands69

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sunrisings292 Those that ruled in North Africa at the time were Europeans.

  • @bighands69

    @bighands69

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@billie6528 Cleopatra was beautiful hence why she was desired by several men.

  • @ezzaddin5588
    @ezzaddin55883 жыл бұрын

    They look relatively good considering the practiced sibling marriage

  • @bryangracida

    @bryangracida

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do you think inmediate incest create mutants? Silbings having children its not really different from mating with someone from your own ethnicy. Incest really starts affecting a lineage if practiced more than twice in a row, and most of that bad effects must not be physically visible, most likely mental illness or organ problems.

  • @ezzaddin5588

    @ezzaddin5588

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bryangracida they practiced it for generations upon generations the entire line is inbred

  • @patrickjohnson1808

    @patrickjohnson1808

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ezzaddin5588ever heard about pharaoh Akhenaten , not of ptolemaic blood yet a weirdo . Incest gave him a female body and an alien long head. Cleo, selena and arsonie are lucky.

  • @8698gil

    @8698gil

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ezzaddin5588 visibly deformed children would have been disposed of. Many societies practiced royal incest including Hawaiians, Incas, Aztecs, as a way of keeping bloodlines pure. They simply discarded any children that were deformed or mentally defective.

  • @tobias9859

    @tobias9859

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@patrickjohnson1808 He was also of European decent though. Very strange looking fellow, indeed.

  • @terrynorton4561
    @terrynorton45613 жыл бұрын

    My only complaint is giving them modern hair styles. It's all digital, they could do the historic look.

  • @Tipi_Dan

    @Tipi_Dan

    3 жыл бұрын

    I believe the intent is to make the reconstructions accessible to modern eyes--- surprisingly accessible. Most ancient hairstyles are grossly artificial and contrived--- distracting from the real person. Ancient coifs were also often merely wigs. In any event, even ancient women had to let their hair down sometimes. These reconstructions are therefore intimate portraits.

  • @jesussavedme2213

    @jesussavedme2213

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, they should add the historic apparel at that time & don’t forget the headdress too

  • @konstantinospantazis6325

    @konstantinospantazis6325

    3 жыл бұрын

    And the make up eyes

  • @poonamkhaitan4192

    @poonamkhaitan4192

    3 жыл бұрын

    They should maintain the original hairstyles

  • @jesussavedme2213

    @jesussavedme2213

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@poonamkhaitan4192 mmm yes, to get like a real visual of what it really looked like.

  • @Wise-Lady-La-Aura
    @Wise-Lady-La-Aura3 жыл бұрын

    I am Egyptian, it is in my DNA. I have northern African, Maltese and southern African as well, and I am so honored that you are using the authentic depictions. This is very important to be true to the Egyptians. The sculptures of the man Ptolemy show how stunningly handsome he was. You depicted him with such good looking facial features. He was a good looking man. You did a very authentically close and beautiful depiction of Cleopatra. Thank you for keeping the integrity of Cleopatra by using the facial features depicted in stone. You are a blessing to authenticity in the world. These are fabulous and authentic portrayals as best as you could, you did a great job.

  • @ptolemyglenn79

    @ptolemyglenn79

    2 жыл бұрын

    Keep in mind the Ptolemies were not Egyptian. They were Macedonian. So unsure how you say it's an honour, as they don't look like you.

  • @Wise-Lady-La-Aura

    @Wise-Lady-La-Aura

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ptolemyglenn79 - How do you know what I look like? You are wrong about everything you say. I am proud to be part Egyptian. You sound jealous and mean. It is an honor to be part Egyptian. it is a great thing. Don't be so jealous. Go find out what you are and leave us Egyptians alone with our pride of ancestry.

  • @kadiabareld

    @kadiabareld

    2 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @Wise-Lady-La-Aura

    @Wise-Lady-La-Aura

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kadiabareld 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄😬😬😬😬😬😶😶😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵😵😵😷😷😱😱💀💀💀😖😖😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Wise-Lady-La-Aura

    @Wise-Lady-La-Aura

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ptolemyglenn79 Keep in mind that you are not Ptolemy. You might be psychotic if you think you are Ptolemy. Here is some information about him. Ptolemy, Latin in full Claudius Ptolemaeus, (born c. 100 CE-died c. 170 CE), an Egyptian astronomer, mathematician, and geographer of Greek descent who flourished in Alexandria during the 2nd century CE. In several fields his writings represent the culminating achievement of Greco-Roman science, particularly his geocentric (Earth-centred) model of the universe now known as the Ptolemaic system. Virtually nothing is known about Ptolemy’s life except what can be inferred from his writings. His first major astronomical work, the Almagest, was completed about 150 CE and contains reports of astronomical observations that Ptolemy had made over the preceding quarter of a century. The size and content of his subsequent literary production suggests that he lived until about 170 CE.

  • @CaptainHarlock-kv4zt
    @CaptainHarlock-kv4zt Жыл бұрын

    And now, in 2023 we have the Wakanda (black) Cleopatra netflix ''documentary''! The producer behind this monstrocity is of course, Jada Pinket Smith. Good job netflix, good job! Next you should consider making another ''documentary'' about a Chinese Napoleon.

  • @gihanelmasri3636
    @gihanelmasri36363 жыл бұрын

    Stunning ! I can see any of these faces in Athens today .

  • @TheLocochico

    @TheLocochico

    3 жыл бұрын

    because the software uses faces of people today to generate closest looking face. It's not really how she looked but close. Btw I've lived across the world and I've seen those faces everywhere starting from where I was born to where I live now.

  • @emilkarpo

    @emilkarpo

    3 жыл бұрын

    And in Bucharest for that matter

  • @insider2546

    @insider2546

    3 жыл бұрын

    @None ofyobizness Vasilisa Kleopatra was Serbian origin. Like all pharaoh. Vasijije Serbian male name. Vasil-Russian. Russian's are Serbs. State established by Vikings also Serbs. Serbs understan Russians very well. Ras is old par in Serbia. Aleksandria in Egypt was build by Aleksandar Karanovic (makedonski-geographyc ) Serb origin also. Spartan army leader. One more thing Roman empire was Serbian, all eperors Serbs.

  • @user-vq3si6td1b

    @user-vq3si6td1b

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@insider2546 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣Are you serious???Stop humiliating serbs.They are decent and serious people.Stop writing nonsense.

  • @lray1948

    @lray1948

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@insider2546 whatever you say, ha

  • @BringBacktheGreeks
    @BringBacktheGreeks2 жыл бұрын

    ΤΗΑΝΚ ΥΟU for this. In my years of American college, i had countless arguments with Afroamerican classmates insisting that Cleopatra was their black African Queen and their hero !

  • @marta9127

    @marta9127

    2 жыл бұрын

    They didn't know history at all. Probably they didn't hear about Alexander the Great and his conquests 🤦🏻‍♀️

  • @marta9127

    @marta9127

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@oriraykai3610 Cleopatra was of Greek origin and was a ruler in a Hellenistic state! But what's more - before Alexander the Great conquered Egypt, the original people of Egypt, including the rulers weren't black either (they weren't white too, in modern day Egypt their descendants are Copts). I don't think it's ok to say stupid things like "black Cleopatra" and get away with it... It is just a mixture of ignorance with very bad, malevolent political agenda.

  • @marilainedictan4851

    @marilainedictan4851

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@marta9127 as a person studying the history of the world, i find almost unbearable when people claim the cleopatra was black, like no go learn about alexander and his conquest

  • @Nighthawk799
    @Nighthawk7993 жыл бұрын

    Cleopatra eyes show intelligence and i liked very much the last image you rendered. You are a true artist!

  • @jeanpaulbeuh8678

    @jeanpaulbeuh8678

    3 жыл бұрын

    ah ah , eyes, the only one element that we have no trace

  • @SalvaOMGT

    @SalvaOMGT

    3 жыл бұрын

    It is just a supposition how they looked in the past

  • @noirnegro7659

    @noirnegro7659

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cleopatra reminds me of Jane Seymour the actress.

  • @Unknown-jt1jo

    @Unknown-jt1jo

    2 ай бұрын

    I agree! Cleopatra looks like she could hold her own in Roman power-politics.

  • @GM-db4bv
    @GM-db4bv3 жыл бұрын

    love your work but man keep the texts longer! No way we can read fast enough...

  • @panagiotisconstantinou

    @panagiotisconstantinou

    3 жыл бұрын

    Noted!

  • @gathasofpersia6432

    @gathasofpersia6432

    3 жыл бұрын

    Pst...Just hit the "pause" icon. Back at ya.

  • @GM-db4bv

    @GM-db4bv

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@gathasofpersia6432 of course we can hit the pause button but come on i'm sure when you make a video you don't say to yourself : "ok at this point the viewers will hit pause and read..."

  • @Hels_Angels

    @Hels_Angels

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@GM-db4bv Precisely 👍👍👍

  • @brunogiovannini2180

    @brunogiovannini2180

    3 жыл бұрын

    Press "pause"

  • @mariloupapa6546
    @mariloupapa65463 жыл бұрын

    Εξαιρετική δουλειά ! Νιώθω πολύ περήφανη που ένας Έλληνας κατάφερε να ζωντανέψει το παρελθόν με τρόπο αρκετά πιο αξιόπιστο από άλλα κανάλια του είδους ! Σας ευχαριστώ !

  • @MahlouConstantinou

    @MahlouConstantinou

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too,am so proud of him ,his work is really amazing. Excellent job! Bravo!👏👏

  • @kathrynbellerose3925
    @kathrynbellerose39253 жыл бұрын

    Cleopatra looks strong and determined with humor in her eyes.

  • @FromAgen

    @FromAgen

    3 жыл бұрын

    I met her real reincarnation in France during the 90s, she was a gypsy woman named Michelle. Her personality was exactly than your description here.

  • @denizmetint.462

    @denizmetint.462

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@FromAgen What

  • @KayPeaz97

    @KayPeaz97

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@FromAgen bruh

  • @FromAgen

    @FromAgen

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@KayPeaz97 This is a long story.

  • @kathrynbellerose3925

    @kathrynbellerose3925

    3 жыл бұрын

    @NUMBER ELEVEN Historians say she was white of Macedonian decent. Her grandfather was Alexander the Great. She had a Greek heritage with the last name of Ptolemy.

  • @andrewviscountdeloire6756
    @andrewviscountdeloire67562 жыл бұрын

    Cleopatra was stunningly beautiful, brave and a genius. She was timeless.

  • @FREE_WILL_DEFENDER

    @FREE_WILL_DEFENDER

    Жыл бұрын

    A genius? I would not go that far

  • @Unknown-jt1jo

    @Unknown-jt1jo

    2 ай бұрын

    @@FREE_WILL_DEFENDER Yes, exactly how was she a genius? She was certainly an intelligent, educated woman. She survived a civil war and managed to keep her throne among Roman power politics for 20+ years--so she was a survivor. But the Egypt she ruled over was effectively a Roman client state.

  • @taniaramaki5142
    @taniaramaki51422 жыл бұрын

    As a greek woman who has grown up in Alexandria Cleopatra has always been an inspiration

  • @zazazazizizi6276

    @zazazazizizi6276

    Жыл бұрын

    So you're a descendant of Ancient Greeks colons. Cleopatra was a Macedonian.

  • @taniaramaki5142

    @taniaramaki5142

    Жыл бұрын

    Now Cleopatra is called macedonian and someone dares admire this betrayal of history everybody knows she was a descendant of the greek Ptolemeos it is useless to comment anything anymore as obviously we face people who are unaware of historical knowledge

  • @Taimur.Shairyar

    @Taimur.Shairyar

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@zazazazizizi6276 ancient macedonians were greeks not slavs

  • @miccha21

    @miccha21

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zazazazizizi6276 Macedonians were Greeks

  • @synestia4005

    @synestia4005

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zazazazizizi6276 But since she was greek(!) macedonian and not slavic macedonian, calling her greek is technically correct.

  • @MsNaikou
    @MsNaikou3 жыл бұрын

    You're spot on with the men's faces from sculpture to realism, but off slightly with the women's in an attempt to beautify them. Don't beautify just do realism.

  • @rainluna9765

    @rainluna9765

    2 жыл бұрын

    They put modern make-up on the women.

  • @cherylscott6040

    @cherylscott6040

    2 жыл бұрын

    The attempt wasn't to beautify but hide their true complexions of said region in "ancient" times...

  • @MsNaikou

    @MsNaikou

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cherylscott6040 I suggest don't. Keep it real.

  • @sampuatisamuel9785

    @sampuatisamuel9785

    2 жыл бұрын

    MSN The ladies are gorgeous and if anything the "makeup" is very natural whereas Egyptian royalty wore very elaborate eye makeup

  • @triplehmafia6556

    @triplehmafia6556

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cherylscott6040 Why does every video about Ancient Egypt have tonnes of you people in the comments? Stop stealing North African history, and get your own.

  • @randomvintagefilm273
    @randomvintagefilm2733 жыл бұрын

    I wish I could learn how to do this to bring my great grandparents old photos to life!

  • @debramaldonado9809

    @debramaldonado9809

    3 жыл бұрын

    Go to myhertiage and you can upload and have photos move like this

  • @maya_unplugged

    @maya_unplugged

    3 жыл бұрын

    Here is how to do: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z2Z8rcqvXbi_eqQ.html 😉

  • @kirankumar9434
    @kirankumar9434 Жыл бұрын

    The real Cleopatra is much more beautiful than every single media portrayal of her from 1917 to the present

  • @kikichalkia
    @kikichalkia3 жыл бұрын

    Berlin Cleopatra looks exactly like my sister!😱(we are Greek)

  • @Disijdc

    @Disijdc

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cleopatra wasn’t actually Egyptian, but from Greek descendant !!! So that’s pretty cool 😁

  • @kikichalkia

    @kikichalkia

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Disijdc yeap I know ! 😁

  • @brianlindee220

    @brianlindee220

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's horrible to say given Cleopatra had a face like a horse

  • @brianlindee220

    @brianlindee220

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kikichalkia not if they human resemble a horse and I'm sure that is not the case with your sister

  • @Ahmad_55773

    @Ahmad_55773

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cleopatra was epgyptian

  • @GirlsRuleTheWorld2023
    @GirlsRuleTheWorld20232 жыл бұрын

    I don’t understand why some channels are depicting her and others as black when they were not. This insanity needs to stop. Keep your inferiority complex to yourself historians or whomever is responsible for altering history.

  • @Nighthawk799
    @Nighthawk7993 жыл бұрын

    You truly are the best. The second version of Cleopatra looks like the more plausible also considering her portraits on coins. Inspite the nose she looks pretty and especially with the modern hair style she seems to be an interesting woman. You truly are able to bring them back to life! I enjoy your reconstructions very much!!!

  • @bighands69

    @bighands69

    2 жыл бұрын

    Women can have larger noses and still look beautiful. I think we in the modern world oversize such noses to the point of ugly which is more about shape than actual size.

  • @dylanmosley6237
    @dylanmosley62373 жыл бұрын

    When Cleopatra smiled, I smiled.

  • @Alexs.2599

    @Alexs.2599

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Ed Ducate Are you on something? What you said made no sense whatsoever.

  • @Albemarle7

    @Albemarle7

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Ed Ducate The records we have are Roman written. The Romans hated Cleo, they love Arsenoe. Arsenoe was a real live warrior princess.

  • @Alexs.2599

    @Alexs.2599

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Ed Ducate She was probably not conventionally Beautiful. Though she had charisma and sex appeal. Also Greek women today really don't look like her. She also had Hellenize Syrian in her as well.

  • @thebergbok8279
    @thebergbok82793 жыл бұрын

    Panagiotis, you have truly made the dead alive again . Genius, talent & lots of hard work puts you in a class of your own in this field. Ευχαριστώ. Thank you.

  • @panagiotisconstantinou

    @panagiotisconstantinou

    3 жыл бұрын

    Παρακαλω

  • @nedjem4108
    @nedjem41083 жыл бұрын

    I just wish you'd give them the hairstyles make up and clothes of the time

  • @dianheffernan3436

    @dianheffernan3436

    3 жыл бұрын

    But they're still here at this time,?

  • @cobone04
    @cobone042 жыл бұрын

    Its about time someone did a REAL depiction of Cleopatra and the Ptolemies....Bravo good job.

  • @tascalevina
    @tascalevina3 жыл бұрын

    omg i've been searching the closest Cleopatra's face to the real one, trying to imagine, and i found this.. you made it!!!! Thankyou so much!! Can't thank you enough!

  • @bengunn3228
    @bengunn32283 жыл бұрын

    For speed readers only.

  • @Skyprince27

    @Skyprince27

    3 жыл бұрын

    I tried it at 1/2 and it was still too fast. 1/4 was good.

  • @franciscouderq1100

    @franciscouderq1100

    3 жыл бұрын

    Indeed and it s too bad really

  • @pheenobarbidoll2016

    @pheenobarbidoll2016

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's actually nice to not have to FF through slow ass text that I could read 15 times before it changed.

  • @patrickjohnson1808

    @patrickjohnson1808

    3 жыл бұрын

    Indeed a picture says a thousand words

  • @mahnamahna3252

    @mahnamahna3252

    3 жыл бұрын

    No kidding...

  • @Thesimonemachado
    @Thesimonemachado3 жыл бұрын

    Arsenoe was so beautiful and had an enigmatic eyes.

  • @reenougle
    @reenougle3 жыл бұрын

    I like seeing both the historical and modern hairstyles because it let's us see them as our peers, not just cold sculptures.

  • @chrisnichols9014
    @chrisnichols9014 Жыл бұрын

    Her name is even Greek...Why are people shocked that Cleopatra was Greek? I don't understand this.

  • @austin-ug4ts

    @austin-ug4ts

    Жыл бұрын

    Americans think Africa = black

  • @kostadinpanov4596

    @kostadinpanov4596

    5 ай бұрын

    Her name is Macedonian,she was Macedonian

  • @lil_truth

    @lil_truth

    5 ай бұрын

    @@kostadinpanov4596 which is even more european then greece

  • @deejay7339

    @deejay7339

    4 ай бұрын

    because people watched netflix and thought she was dark.. but people dont know history anymore. She was a part of the Ptolemaic dynasty and that name alone will make mouth breathers tune out. I talked to some fans of the docu in person and they had no idea Greece even ruled Egypt.

  • @kostadinpanov4596

    @kostadinpanov4596

    4 ай бұрын

    @@deejay7339 Macedonia ruled Egypt,not Greece,replacing the name Macedonia with the name Greece is simply incorrect.

  • @archongaur1191
    @archongaur11912 жыл бұрын

    dislikes from people who cant deal with the fact that Cleo was NOT black wahaman....

  • @MrViki60

    @MrViki60

    2 жыл бұрын

    WE WAZ THE KAING AND KWEEN OVDA ANCIANTE WORLD

  • @itsallgood4093

    @itsallgood4093

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MrViki60 Not for your spelling. 😬

  • @MrViki60

    @MrViki60

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@itsallgood4093 I'm white and racist, and that was a funni joke mocking basketball-americans.

  • @itsallgood4093

    @itsallgood4093

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MrViki60 and mine was a joke mocking you. 😂

  • @andirios333
    @andirios3333 жыл бұрын

    Now I get why Marcus Antonius was simping so hard

  • @peroz1000
    @peroz10003 жыл бұрын

    They all look stunning!

  • @ilyatoporgilka

    @ilyatoporgilka

    3 жыл бұрын

    People would live shorter.

  • @_aziya_08
    @_aziya_082 жыл бұрын

    I really love your background music!

  • @LetThemGrumbIe
    @LetThemGrumbIe3 жыл бұрын

    As a history lover, I'm a huge fan of these. Thank you so much for making these people so much more real and close to us.

  • @patrickjohnson1808
    @patrickjohnson18083 жыл бұрын

    These reconstructions gives the characters you are reading about in history, the enfleshment I need for an orthodox imagination about how they looked. Now that I know what they look like, I can connect with them, not only literarily but in a way virtually through the medium of the pages of history.Thank you

  • @MalteseKat

    @MalteseKat

    3 жыл бұрын

    all are anglicized faces

  • @patrickjohnson1808

    @patrickjohnson1808

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MalteseKat I disagree because the reconstructions tend to be closer to the ancient busts and indeed gives them life . Some imagination on the part of the artist is still needed however, eg for the color of the eyes. I think the artist is also following facial descriptions from the primary literature as well, and he has combined them with sculptural busts. Hence in my visual opinion they do look more Greco- Roman and of the era to which they belong; than looking anglican. Also, from the literary sources and the numerous busts and frescos we do have from that material culture ,we sure do have a very good idea of how the ancient greeks and Romans looked.The artist is doing is best and at most times he is uncannily on point.

  • @ermioniburgess8720

    @ermioniburgess8720

    3 жыл бұрын

    Arsinoi was beuatifull

  • @jonathancummings6400

    @jonathancummings6400

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MalteseKat Yes, well, the ancients seemed to be fairer and closer in appearance to people of Northern Europe than modern Mediterranean people. Remember, the modern populations are the result of those ancients plus a lot of invasions from other peoples. Most recently, the Ottoman Empire!

  • @Alexs.2599

    @Alexs.2599

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jonathancummings6400 Not really. The Ottoman invasion genes thing is highly exaggerated.

  • @lorib4596
    @lorib45963 жыл бұрын

    I'd love to see the same treatment given to Cleopatra Selene II based on the elephant portrait.

  • @2natree854
    @2natree8543 жыл бұрын

    I love this channel! Looking into the faces of historical figures is fascinating 😊

  • @thegeop5906
    @thegeop59063 жыл бұрын

    Even Julius Ceasar and Marcus Antonius had a crush on Cleopatra - I realize why 😍

  • @thatisme3thatisme38

    @thatisme3thatisme38

    3 жыл бұрын

    @NUMBER ELEVEN in between - greek

  • @doxasophosmoros

    @doxasophosmoros

    3 жыл бұрын

    Greek is not INBETWEEN 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️😅lol!! It's Caucasian!!

  • @daecimvs

    @daecimvs

    3 жыл бұрын

    @NUMBER ELEVEN Cleopatra was from Ptolemy dynasty. She was Greek which means she was white.

  • @daecimvs

    @daecimvs

    3 жыл бұрын

    @NUMBER ELEVEN That's goood question mate.

  • @r.d.6290

    @r.d.6290

    2 жыл бұрын

    @NUMBER ELEVEN it comes from some crazy nationalist theories, black nationalism this time.

  • @MsFunnyfeet
    @MsFunnyfeet3 жыл бұрын

    I love your work! It’s so wonderful and completely realistic. It’s so cool to see the stairs ‘brought to life’. Thanks for all your hard work! Cheers

  • @danielarutica2549
    @danielarutica25493 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, this is incredibly brilliant work.

  • @brinvargas1474
    @brinvargas14743 жыл бұрын

    Man, I love your work! You are a great artist and an historian! *Thank You* for your vision and for sharing it...⭐

  • @IamSquirrel
    @IamSquirrel3 жыл бұрын

    I love history so this is a great treat for me. Went to a Roman exhibit years ago and was mesmerized by the marble busts of these individuals.

  • @SteveAttwood
    @SteveAttwood2 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant!! These renders literally put flesh on the image of these historic figures humanising them perfectly.. Great work!

  • @IrishScouseViking
    @IrishScouseViking2 жыл бұрын

    Queen CLEO WAS WHITE/ EUROPEAN, Her Family was from MACEDONIA , GREECE, Some people think she was Black African because she was Egypt Queen, ALEXANDER THE GREAT Conquer Egypt and put is General / half Brother PTOLERMY first king of EGYPT

  • @LIT70
    @LIT703 жыл бұрын

    I love these. Great work. Please keep them coming!

  • @mikeonly8554
    @mikeonly85543 жыл бұрын

    Really impressive!! Well done!! More like these please!

  • @Ethylamine
    @Ethylamine2 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating. Cleopatra looks very pretty here too. I can definitely see a strong presence of mesocephal and dolichocephal types in these populations.

  • @carolb550
    @carolb5503 жыл бұрын

    you did a fantastic job and created a wonderful work of art.

  • @cliffhoelzer6895
    @cliffhoelzer68953 жыл бұрын

    I love your work...you make them alive for me with your artistry!😊😊

  • @arthursantel5180
    @arthursantel51803 жыл бұрын

    amazing work as usual !

  • @vickiezelma2444
    @vickiezelma24443 жыл бұрын

    La bellezza della realizzazione dei volti di personaggi storici in video dove tutto diventa reale dal passato fino al nostro presente. Grazie per questo 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

  • @gomchenlama
    @gomchenlama3 жыл бұрын

    Your work makes them closer to us. It is nice.

  • @bethpixley2866
    @bethpixley28663 жыл бұрын

    Your work is always amazing. Could you slow down your titles or list them? Also I love the music you are choosing. Who is singing this version of the song? It would be wonderful if you would list your music also. Thank you!

  • @NorthernLights2375

    @NorthernLights2375

    10 ай бұрын

    I agree the depictions are really great & very interesting. Historical figures we all learnt about are now humanised in your great work. But I also agree please slow down the titles. They go by too fast & you have to keep going back when reading them. Thank you

  • @otho69AD
    @otho69AD Жыл бұрын

    Clearly Netflix didn't get the memo

  • @jeffgoesrandom4217
    @jeffgoesrandom42173 жыл бұрын

    This looks like the best of the historical figures channels. Have to check out more.

  • @robertschlesinger1342
    @robertschlesinger13423 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting and worthwhile video.

  • @brigittebadawi6897
    @brigittebadawi68972 жыл бұрын

    Amazing, I like this Channel very much! Greetings to all from Freiburg and good time, Brigitte

  • @jannetatrenholm3141
    @jannetatrenholm31413 жыл бұрын

    I will subscribe to your channel, just because you gave me an AWW moment! True artistry!🙏❤

  • @TheDersim38
    @TheDersim383 жыл бұрын

    I really loved Arsinoe III. looked stunningly beautiful and gorgeous.

  • @linayer
    @linayer3 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic I love all this "face magic" you do marble faces embedded with life..10/10

  • @richardhectorlanthier9999
    @richardhectorlanthier99993 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoy looking at your work, there is no comparison around.👍

  • @MegaBeanandCheese
    @MegaBeanandCheese2 ай бұрын

    Your interpretation of the British Museum Cleopatra was incredible!

  • @MariVictorius
    @MariVictorius3 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoy these but I would enjoy them even more if you would slow down a bit when the text is up. I’m not a slow reader by any means, but come on! 🤓

  • @lray1948

    @lray1948

    3 жыл бұрын

    use the pause button like i do.

  • @historicahellenistica2762
    @historicahellenistica27622 жыл бұрын

    I am very moved to see Ptolemy, the result is really amazing

  • @UserUser-pd7vn
    @UserUser-pd7vn Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video

  • @joycefroney6162
    @joycefroney61623 жыл бұрын

    Truly remarkable... loved see more and thank for sharing your talents.

  • @drc9378
    @drc93783 жыл бұрын

    Well done! Truly amazing details! ❤ Have you ever thought about utilizing death masks, mummies or shrunken heads as a challenge for your collection?

  • @sergiolobato1798
    @sergiolobato17983 жыл бұрын

    So cool, I love these!

  • @fv1291
    @fv12912 жыл бұрын

    SIMPLY AMAZING WORK!

  • @sallithorpe1031
    @sallithorpe10314 ай бұрын

    You did a lovely portrayal, thank you 🙏💕!

  • @mohamedhommos7748
    @mohamedhommos77482 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE YOU CLEOPATRA she was so beautiful and Ptolemy i believe in you from Egypt. She's a queen of Egypt from Greek-Macedon , born in Alexandria Ancient Egyptian.

  • @elvin2696
    @elvin2696 Жыл бұрын

    I searched for this after I heard that Netflix made Cleopatra black 😂

  • @pharaohoffashion
    @pharaohoffashion2 жыл бұрын

    @Panagiotis Constantinou, these are some of the best reconstructions to date of the last ruler of Egypt. Excellent work!

  • @starguard4122
    @starguard41222 жыл бұрын

    Great Work. Very Well Done!

  • @shannonvilandre7933
    @shannonvilandre79332 жыл бұрын

    Cleopatra is still one of my favorite queens ♥

  • @PattiFinn
    @PattiFinn3 жыл бұрын

    These were fabulous, but we need more time to read the material please. I love the music so, so much...I want to listen to it in my car!

  • @cancel1913
    @cancel19132 жыл бұрын

    Very good work and video!

  • @bluemesa9529
    @bluemesa95292 жыл бұрын

    I am hooked on your site!! Simply genius!!

  • @streetmagik3105
    @streetmagik31053 жыл бұрын

    I love technology! Excellent work!!

  • @misterb6416
    @misterb64162 жыл бұрын

    I love ancient history, it fascinates me.

  • @michelascheuerman7166
    @michelascheuerman71662 жыл бұрын

    Very cool channel and beautiful song, Elias :).

  • @MauComposer
    @MauComposer3 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos! love the song too

  • @vestaleetrusca8039
    @vestaleetrusca80393 жыл бұрын

    The British museum Cleopatra is a really fashinating woman. No wonder if that is the real portrait

  • @nickbates8391
    @nickbates83913 жыл бұрын

    Εξαιρετική δουλειά, φίλε, τους περίμενα τους Αλεξανδρινούς Βασιλείς!

  • @Amethyst_Dragon_
    @Amethyst_Dragon_3 жыл бұрын

    Wow wow Wow... You are brilliant...You really bring them back to life.. Please keep doing what you do its absolutely amazing..

  • @ltc8227
    @ltc82273 жыл бұрын

    Omg just subscribed really talented - to see what they looked like unbelievable work ❤🍁👍

  • @panagiotisconstantinou

    @panagiotisconstantinou

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much 😊

  • @mdstanton1813
    @mdstanton18133 жыл бұрын

    I always wonder at these portraits. Some, especially Republic era Roman portraiture seems so raw and not made to flatter the subject while the greeks seem to add a bit more subtext to the persons portrait. Imagining them in human form is difficult for me so I appreciate the vids

  • @YesItsMeGuys68
    @YesItsMeGuys683 жыл бұрын

    I spend hours watching these amazing CGI’s They are absolutely brilliant !

  • @panagiotisconstantinou

    @panagiotisconstantinou

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thx mate 😊

  • @franciscouderq1100
    @franciscouderq11003 жыл бұрын

    Good work and always fascinating to watch. I would prefer no music at all and more time laps provided to read the editing. Thank you.

  • @alicel3992
    @alicel39922 жыл бұрын

    I love the music you chose, very appropriate

  • @kateantihero3838
    @kateantihero38383 жыл бұрын

    I love these interpretations of Cleopatra.

  • @randyeduo

    @randyeduo

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cleopatra.was not a white woman neither do white people carry this name--stop trying to plant yourselves in our history, its sickening, whites do not belong there

  • @emilysilverstar8023

    @emilysilverstar8023

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@randyeduo Cleopatra was literally Greek thus she was white.

  • @prensatakan

    @prensatakan

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@randyeduo dude she was Greek descent… geez

  • @agron2237

    @agron2237

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@randyeduo Cleopatra was GREEK even her name is GREEK

  • @agron2237

    @agron2237

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@randyeduo stick to west african history....🛖🛖🛖🛖🛖

  • @elenimohianaki5366
    @elenimohianaki53663 жыл бұрын

    Εξαιρετική δουλειά... Μια παρατήρηση μόνο Μην βιάζεσαι να βγάζεις τα κείμενα τόσο γρήγορα δώσε μας λίγο χρόνο να τα διαβάζουμε με άνεση... Καλή συνέχεια κ σε ευχαριστούμε...

  • @panagiotisconstantinou

    @panagiotisconstantinou

    3 жыл бұрын

    Έγινε.

  • @lucyennemartin5463
    @lucyennemartin54633 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing 😮

  • @amronemhb2448
    @amronemhb2448 Жыл бұрын

    Very informative given the recent preposterous Netflix video ! They are not satisfied calling ancient Egypt black but now Greek !

  • @raclark2730
    @raclark27303 жыл бұрын

    Very nice, pity about the racial squabbling and lack of historical knowledge in the comments. Are the even history classes any more. What a state the world is in, ancestors save us.

  • @bighands69

    @bighands69

    2 жыл бұрын

    The North African ruling class of that period were European.

  • @lawrencewhyte1554
    @lawrencewhyte15543 жыл бұрын

    Arsenoe is beautiful

  • @patrickjohnson1808

    @patrickjohnson1808

    3 жыл бұрын

    Indeed more beautiful than her sister cleopatra, and that's one of the reason why cleopatra had her executed, after Arsinöe incited Seige of Alexandria

  • @Laodice347

    @Laodice347

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@patrickjohnson1808 The Arsinoe represented in this video is not the sister of Cleopatra. Her sister is Arsinoe IV here it is Arsinoe III daughter of Ptolemy III and Berenice II and sister of Ptolemy IV. Cleopatra did not assassinate her because she was more beautiful but because her and their brother Ptolemy xiii joined forces to assassinated Cleopatra who fled to Syria in-49 while Arsinoe took her place as queen. Cleopatra thanks to Caesar restores the wills of their father and becomes queen again but Arsinoe and Ptolemy XII not being in agreement triggered the siege of Alexandria which they lost Ptolemy drowns and Arsinoe is spared and sent to Ephesus. She was not assassinated until-41 or 6 years after her defeat. Perhaps by revenge and Arsinoe could have been used by Rome against Cleopatra. Obviously it's horrible to murder your sister but it's so common in the Ptolemaic dynasty which further weakened their power.

  • @patrickjohnson1808

    @patrickjohnson1808

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Laodice347 Great, Thanks for the refresher Pilounalapopo, I needed that .

  • @Laodice347

    @Laodice347

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@patrickjohnson1808 You're welcome :) there isn't much representation of Cleopatra's siblings there is a supposed bust of her older sister Berenice IV but some think it's Cleopatra since they look alike and a medallion of Ptolemy XIII unfortunately no representation of Arsinoe. They found a skeleton of a 15/16 year old girl in Ephesus with a lighthouse of Alexandria in the tomb however the date differs slightly from that of her death but some believe it is her but it would be admit that at 9 years old she organized a siege and proclaimed herself queen and that she was younger than their brother when she is described as older than him in the texts. They made a reconstruction but since they had lost the skull they made it from old photographs and it would also be the only one of the lagid dynasty found. The representations are on the internet she is cute but it looks very cartoonish. They should Make her more realistic.

  • @patrickjohnson1808

    @patrickjohnson1808

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Laodice347 thanks again Pilounalapopo. You've perked my interest on this topic very much. I'm an avid lover of classical history.I will be doing some research on the matter. You know Pilounalapopo, the main characters of history are more studied than the secondary ones, that's a disservice readers of history need to correct. The information you gave me above, reminds me to pay more attention to the secondary ones in detail, or else risk having with a lacuna in my knowledge.

  • @stevewright9779
    @stevewright97792 жыл бұрын

    This would be cool if you could do another version, this time using Cleo and her half sisters Arsinoe IV and Berenice IV.. if there are usable references for the sisters that is. Love your work bringing the faces of the past back to life bro.

  • @misssilencedogood5968
    @misssilencedogood5968 Жыл бұрын

    Best rendition of Cleopatra I have ever seen and I have seen so many. The 2 statues look like sisters ... her real half sister also looks related but different. GREAT JOB! omg.