How quaint.....Here's the description.
Please note where it's happening...Philadelphia..That's the secondary name taken by Arsinoe II and Ptolemy II......OH MY!
Become a Member of The Franklin Institute today and have the first shot at securing tickets for this World Premiere exhibition, opening June 5, 2010 at The Franklin Institute. Lost to sea and sand for nearly 2,000 years, the world of Cleopatra will surface this summer.
- Experience Cleopatra's story and learn more about the daily lives of her contemporaries, both powerful and humble.
- Discover more than 250 artifacts - from the smallest gold pieces and coins to colossal statues that stand over 15-feet tall!
- Be captivated by magnificent black granite statues of a queen of Egypt dating from the Ptolemaic era in which Cleopatra ruled.
Along with this exclusive advance booking opportunity, ALL Members of The Franklin Institute receive FREE tickets* to this extraordinary exhibition, produced by the same team that brought King Tut to Philadelphia in 2007.
The segmented picture above came from the site http://www2.fi.edu/email/cleopatra/members.html I had to capture it that way. If this is another supposed statue of Cleo? It doesn't say..I don't think so. She only has one cobra in her crown. Could she have been the original Arsinoe? The mother of Ptolemy I. In case you don't know. She was a concubine of Philip of Macedonia. She was given to the man who raised Ptolemy Sotor already pregnant. Who was Philip? The father of Alexander The Great. The Ptolemaic line is blood with Alexander. That is why the Ptolemies ruled so long. When Cleopatra murdered her sister, she not only incurred the wrath of the child, but of blood of Alexander too.
Making these mistakes between Queens can cost you.....Something will "surface this summer" and I don't think you will like it when it does.
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