DISCUSSION TOPIC: CLEOPATRA

Some Questions

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Starting Places

•   Stacy Schiff, "Rehabilitating Cleopatra," Smithsonian (December 2010).

• Stacy Schiff, "Excerpt: 'Cleopatra,'" New York Times, November 4, 2010.

•   "Cleopatra," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, December 2, 2010.

Cleopatra In The News

•   "Ballet Keeps Cleopatra Legend Alive," BBC News, February 24, 2011.

•   Miranda Seymour, "Cleopatra: A Life By Stacy Schiff," Guardian, January 22, 2011.

• Kate Taylor, "Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra: Skilled Political Operator, Not Sex Goddess," Globe And Mail, December 10, 2010.

• Wendy Smith, "Book Review: 'Cleopatra' By Stacy Schiff," Los Angeles Times, November 7, 2010.

• Kathryn Harrison, "Femme Fatale," New York Times, November 4, 2010.

• Michiko Kakutani, "The Woman Who Had The World Enthralled," New York Times, November 1, 2010.

•   Edward Rothstein, "Cleopatra's Underwater Kingdom," New York Times, June 3, 2010.

•   Andrew Bossone, "Headless Egypt King Statue Found; Link To Cleopatra's Tomb?," National Geographic News, May 19, 2010.

• Kate Ravilious, "Cleopatra's Eye Makeup Warded Off Infections?," National Geographic News, January 14, 2010.

•   Stacy Schiff, "Who's Buried In Cleopatra's Tomb?," New York Times, April 21, 2009.

• "Photos: Cleopatra's Tomb Site Discovered?," National Geographic News, April 20, 2009.

•   "Dig 'May Reveal' Cleopatra's Tomb," BBC News, April 15, 2009.

•   "Image Made Of Cleopatra's Sister," BBC News, March 23, 2009.

• "Cleopatra's Mother 'Was African,'" BBC News, March 16, 2009.

•   Randy Dotinga, "Cleopatra: Last Queen Of Egypt," Christian Science Monitor, November 14, 2008.

•   Mati Milstein, "Cleopatra Bust Among Treasures Found In Egypt Temple," National Geographic News, May 30, 2008.

• "Coin Shows Cleopatra's Ugly Truth," BBC News, February 14, 2007.

•   Lucy Hughes-Hallet, "The Most Wicked Woman In History," Guardian, August 19, 2006.

• Mary Beard, "Cleopatra: From History To Myth," Guardian, March 18, 2003.

• M.S. Mason, "The Allure Of Cleopatra," Christian Science Monitor, January 25, 2002.

•   "Cleopatra Of Egypt: Press Reviews," BBC News, April 18, 2001.

•   "Cleopatra Thin Or Fat?," BBC News, March 29, 2001.

• Gloria Goodale, "The Real Cleopatra Resurfaces In TV Specials," Christian Science Monitor, March 12, 1999.

• Michael Kimmelman, "Museum Show In Brooklyn Explores Age Of Cleopatra," New York Times, October 7, 1988.

Articles

•   Chip Brown, "The Search For Cleopatra," National Geographic (July 2011).

• Amy Crawford, "Who Was Cleopatra?," Smithsonian (April 2007).

• Susan Walker, "Cleopatra: From History to Myth," History Today (April 2001).

• Barbara Holland, "Cleopatra: What Kind of Woman Was She, Anyway?," Smithsonian (February 1997).

Web-Sites

• Cleopatra -- The Search For The Last Queen Of Egypt:  The companion web-site for a National Geographic exhibition.

•   Cleopatra On The Web:

Video Sources

• The Great Egyptians, Discovery Channel:  The Real Cleopatra

• Cleopatra, Secrets Of Egypt:  Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5.

• "Cleopatra," National Geographic:  A 4-minute video overview.

• "Video: Cleopatra Re-Examined In New Biography," CBC News, December 13, 2010.

Audio Sources

• "The Story Of Cleopatra," The Current, CBC, December 31, 2010.

• "Cleopatra: The Woman Behind The Myth," Q, CBC, December 7, 2010.

• "Stacy Schiff: 'Cleopatra,'" Diane Rehm Story, WAMU, November 9, 2010.

• "The True Story Of 'Antony And Cleopatra,'" Talk Of The Nation, NPR, September 28, 2010.

•   "The Age Of Cleopatra," On Point, NPR, June 16, 2010.

•   "Cleopatra: Money Talks," BBC World Service, February 15, 2007.

• "Cleopatra: Temptress Or State-Builder?," Woman's Hour, February 28, 2005.