Slightly OT, but interesting read

newbiecollector

BBC News

theboz11

"Twas beauty that killed the beast" NOT!

wybrit

Thanks for the link. I have to say I am not surprised by the finding that they were not what legend purported .

newbiecollector

<< <i> "Twas beauty that killed the beast" NOT! >>



I wasn't clear why I thought the article was interesting....and no......I never thought they would be a beautiful couple.

I meant "The size of a modern 5p piece, the artefact from 32BC was in a collection belonging to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, which is being researched in preparation for the opening of a new Great North Museum."

I can't figure out how to hightlight the part about the new museum

satootoko

<< <i>I can't figure out how to hightlight the part about the new museum >>



Click on edit, and look at the formatting Wayne. You can either manually insert the codes, or click on the "highlight" button above the text box.

CIVITAS

I don't know why they claim this is new research. Cleopatra coins have been known for a long time and they've always had the same portrait.

WillieBoyd2

This story has now gone national.

CNN News:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/02/14/cleopatra.coin/index.html

Here's another coin of Cleopatra from the Wildwinds data base:



Here, she looks like the businesswoman that she was.

spoon

I'd like to say this is ingenious marketing, but the media are suckers for this crap so it's not terribly impressive.

And how exactly is what was done considered "research" or "study"?? They've got one coin and a lot of blather to go along with it.

What do you think our opinion would be of Spanish emperor Ferdinand VII if we took a look solely at this coin???




That's not to say the finding isn't true. I just wish "news" didn't give credence to sloppy work.