ARH Studios CLEOPATRA Queen of Egypt Limited Edition 1/4 scale statue

Standing 19" tall, Cleopatra wears a golden wrap around her waist and the symbols of her royalty around her neck. Holding her lover's legionnaire's helmet, she can be displayed fully clothed or with chest exposed. SCARABS ON CLOTHING ARE TURQOISE

This 1:4 scale resin statue is one of a Limited Edition Size of 500 pieces produced worldwide by ARH Studios. Sculpted by Alex Pereira master paint Jim Rowel #169 of 500

Cleopatra was queen of Ancient Egypt, the last member of the Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty and hence the last Greek ruler of Egypt. Although many other Egyptian queens shared the name, she is usually known as simply Cleopatra, all of her similarly named predecessors having been largely forgotten. She has been nicknamed the "Queen of the Nile."

As co-ruler of Egypt with her father Ptolemy XII Auletes, her brother/husband Ptolemy XIV, and later her son Caesarion, Cleopatra survived a coup engineered by her brother's courtiers, consummated a liaison with Julius Caesar that solidified her grip on the throne, and, after Caesar's assassination, aligned with Mark Antony, with whom she produced twins.

After Antony's rival and Caesar's legal heir, Octavian, brought the might of Rome against Egypt, Cleopatra took her own life on August 12, 30 B.C.E. Her legacy survives in the form of numerous dramatizations of her story, including William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and several modern films. Partly, she is remembered because of the glamour and tragedy of her life but she is also significant as a woman who exercised considerable power and influence in a male-dominated, patriarchal world whose chief goal was not power for her own sake but to protect the ancient autonomy of her state. As the last Ptolemaic heir of Alexander the Great, she also remained committed to his policy of cultural fusion, valuing all races and cultures with the ultimate aim of a single world community.

Collectors Note: Comes safely packed in foam and box with color ARH Studios label. This is #169 of only 500 produced.

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