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Was Cleopatra a cross dresser?

SYDNEY: Cleopatra has for long been considered the epitome of beauty and she used her looks to seduce Julius Ceasar and Mark Antony for power. But a newly discovered stone slab depicts her as a man, raising speculation about her being a cross dresser. A relief image carved about 2050 years ago on an ancient Egyptian stone slab shows Cleopatra dressed as a man, recent analysis shows. The object is only one of three known to exist that represent Cleopatra as a male. The other stone slabs date to around 51 BC, at the beginning of Cleopatra's reign.

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