Cleopatra Through the Ages

In the mid-1970s, Tamara Jones starred in a pair of Blaxploitation movies about a special agent who draws heavily on the image and mystique of the Egyptian queen.
Everett

Cleopatra Jones
In the mid-1970s, Tamara Dobson starred in a pair of Blaxploitation movies about a special agent who draws heavily on the image and mystique of the Egyptian queen. One of the questions archaeologists hope to find a clue to when they open the original Cleopatra's tomb is her ethnicity. Some scholars suggested that she was African in whole or in part.

share

Get the Latest Photos from Time.com
Get TIME photos and pictures of the week delivered directly to your inbox.