Stripping away our preconceptions, many of them as old as Egypt’s Roman conquerors, Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley offers a magnificent biography of a most extraordinary queen. But these tales of seduction, intrigue, and suicide by asp have obfuscated Cleopatra’s true political genius. Cleopatra is often portrayed as a woman ruled by emotion rather than reason a queen hurtling towards inevitable self-destruction. Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt Tyldesley, Joyce A.
Her story was well documented by her near contemporaries, and the tragic tale of contrasts and oppositions-the seductive but failing power of ancient Egypt versus the virile strength of modern Rome-is so familiar we almost feel that we know Cleopatra. Ruthless in dealing with her enemies, many within her own family, Cleopatra steered her kingdom through difficult times, and very nearly succeeded in creating an eastern empire to rival the growing might of Rome.
Her famous liaisons with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony had as much to do with politics as the heart. Highly intelligent, she spoke many languages and was rumored to be the only Ptolemy to read and speak Egyptian. But who was Cleopatra, really?Ĭleopatra was the last ruler of the Macedonian dynasty of Ptolemies. Shakespeare portrayed her as an icon of tragic love. Pascal said the shape of her nose changed the history of the world. Her most recent book, Tutankhamun: Pharaoh, Icon, Enigma was published in 2022.The Romans regarded her as “fatale monstrum”-a fatal omen. Holton Book Award given by the Archaeological Institute of America. Joyce is the author of many books on ancient Egypt, including Cleopatra, Last Queen of Egypt, which was a Radio 4 Book of the Week and Tutankhamen's Curse: The Developing History of an Egyptian King, which won the 2014 Felicia A. She is also an Honorary Research Associate of the Manchester Museum. Joyce Tyldesley is Professor of Egyptology at the University of Manchester, where she has developed and teaches a suite of online Egyptology programmes. This lecture will re-examine his achievements and re-consider his contribution to Egyptology. Today Belzoni is generally relegated to the rank of treasure-seeker and tomb robber. Having worked as a circus strong man, he came late and by accident to Egyptology where, using engineering skills honed in the theatre, he masterminded the transport of some of Egypt’s heaviest monuments to European museum. Cleopatra is often portrayed as a woman ruled by emotion rather than reason. Stripping away our preconceptions, many of them as old as Egypts Roman conquerors, Cleopatra is a magnificent biography of a most extraordinary queen.
Giovanni Battista Belzoni was a poor boy whose adolescence was shaped by the upheavals and uncertainties of the Napoleonic wars. Buy a used copy of Cleopatra : Last Queen of Egypt book by Joyce A. In 'Cleopatra,' Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley offers an unexpectedly vivid portrait of a skillful Egyptian ruler.
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