και τώρα τι θα πουλάει ο Λιακό;Σε ντοκιμαντέρ, που θα προβληθεί στις 23 Μαρτίου στο BBC.
Η είδηση από το AlArabyia.net:
Cleopatra may have been part-African and not Greek Caucasian, according to a British TV documentary to be shown this month, its makers said Sunday.
It has long been thought that the former Queen of Egypt's roots were in Greece, but the discovery of what experts believe are her sister's remains has revealed that the siblings had a part-African heritage.
The BBC documentary "Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer" to be shown on March 23 shows the analysis of the discovery of human remains in a tomb in Ephesus, Turkey. Using state-of-the-art facial reconstruction and forensic techniques with anthropological and.. architectural analysis of the tomb, the experts are convinced that the skeleton is the remains of Cleopatra's sister, Princess Arsinoe, who was murdered on Cleopatra's orders.
Archaeologist Dr. Hilke Thuer from the Austrian Academy of Science, who led the team, said: "The results of the forensic examination and the fact that the facial reconstruction shows that Arsinoe had an African mother is a real sensation which leads to a new insight on Cleopatra's family and the relationship of the sisters Cleopatra and Arsinoe."
Documentary presenter and archaeologist Neil Oliver told the Telegraph that "Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Mark Antony...they are all iconic figures from history. It's almost impossible to remember they were real people and not the semi-mythical figures portrayed by Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor."
"It was like a splash of cold water in the face to be confronted by them as human beings. When I stood in the lab and handled the bones of Cleopatra's blood sister - knowing that in her lifetime she touched Cleopatra and perhaps Julius Caesar and Mark Antony as well- I felt the hairs go up on the back of my neck. Suddenly these giant figures from history were flesh and blood," the Telegraph quoted him on Sunday.
The documentary examines key events in Cleopatra's life, including her affair with Caesar, the killing of her two brothers and her pact with Mark Antony to murder Arsinoe.
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/03/15/68498.html
