tiny-librarian:

qsy-complains-a-lot:

tiny-librarian:

“Cleopatra, Daughter of Ptolemy IV” *insert photo of a generic looking Egyptian Queen of African descent here and say “THis is how Cleopatra really looked”.

Except for the fact that A) Ptolemy IV didn’t have any daughters that we are aware of, just a son Ptolemy V, and B) The Ptolemies weren’t of African descent so there’s no possibility a member of that dynasty could have had such a dark complexion.

People should look up African queen of actual African descent.
Like seriously do it cause I’m curious but lazy.

Here’s just five of the many that there were/are:

Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba

Peggielene Bartels

Queen Pokou

Ahmose Nefertari

Zewditu