Photograph by George Steinmetz, National Geographic
That's Cleopatra on the left side of a wall at a temple at Dendera one of the few images that bear her name. She is shown fulfilling her role as pharaoh by making offerings to the gods. The appearance here of her son by Julius Caesar is propaganda aimed at strengthening his position as her heir. He was captured and executed shortly after her demise.
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