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What Cleopatra May Have Looked Like

What Cleopatra May Have Looked Like

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Added Feb 23, 2018 at 10:41AM EST by Adam.

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What Cleopatra May Have Looked Like refers to a copypasta which reads, "Scientists at Harvard University have created this 3D Model depicting what ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra may have looked like." The person then posts a picture of a celebrity or 3D-rendered character for humorous effect.

Origin

On February 18th, 2018, Twitter user @lovemedown[1] posted the copypasta with a 3D-rendered depiction of pop star Britney Spears from the 2002 video game Britney's Dance Beat, gaining over 3,800 retweets and 12,000 likes (shown below).


Jean @lovemedown Follow Scientists at Harvard University have created this 3D Model depicting what ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra may have looked like. 4:15 PM-18 Feb 2018

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Following @lovemedown's tweet, a significant amount of people took the tweet seriously, and responded with anger, thinking it was real news. Twitter user @jonhausler responded to the tweet by demanding the article instead of "unverified pictures" (shown below, left). Twitter user @Jack_Stout_II corrected @lovemedown, saying Cleopatra was Greek and Macdeonian, therefore would not have blonde hair (shown below, right).


jean @lovemedown Feb 18 Scientists at Harvard University have created this 3D Model depicting what ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra may have looked like. Jon Hausler @JHaussla Follow Replying to @lovemedown Why don't you link the scientific article instead of just posting unverified pictures? 4:32 PM -21 Feb 2018 jean @lovemedown Feb 18 Scientists at Harvard University have created this 3D Model depicting what ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra may have looked like. 0620 奴3.SK 13 S Jack Stout @Jack Stout ll Follow Replying to @lovemedown Wouldn't have blonde hair. She was a mix of Greek and Egyptian so hair would be brown or black in color as would the eyes. 3:14 PM - 22 Feb 2018


Other Twitter users understood the joke of the original tweet and began posting variations of their own with different pop stars and 3D-modeled characters. User @danababy97 posted a variation that gained over 1,600 retweets and 7,200 likes (shown below, left). Twitter user @iconickkk uploaded the copypasta with a picture of Club Penguin, gaining over 290 retweets and 1,100 likes (shown below, right). The moment was covered by The Daily Dot[2] and Nylon Magazine.[3]


Follow @danababy97 Scientists at Harvard University have created this 3D Model depicting what ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra may have looked like. 6:47 PM - 22 Feb 2018 NICK @iconickkk Follow Scientists at Harvard University have created this 3D Model depicting what ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra may have looked like.

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Brooke @brookebarreira Follow Scientists at Harvard University have created this 3D Model depicting what ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra may have looked like, HOl RANKS NO HOl frog kid @toeknife666 Follow Scientists at Harvard University have created this hyperrealistic illustration depicting what ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra may have looked like. Follow @nasmaraj Scientists at Harvard University have created this 3D Model depicting what ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra may have looked like. A--- Eaze Keating @deaddilf69 Follow Scientists at Harvard University have created this 3D Model depicting what ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra may have looked like. jovan @ehjovan ( Follow Scientists at Harvard University have created this 3D Model depicting what ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra may have looked like IM BIGEi!! Follow ) @JOHANUGGETS Scientists at Harvard University have created this 3D Model depicting what ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra may have looked like. 2:00 PM-22 Feb 2018

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External References

[1] Twitter – @lovemedown

[2] Daily Dot – Everyone’s losing it over this joke about Cleopatra looking like Britney Spears

[3] Nylon – The Internet Got Tricked Into Thinking Cleopatra Looked Like Britney

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Checking the Twitter source right now, and even as we speak, whoever is behind the account is doing nothing but shitpost like it was ShitpostBot, and people keep replying and the cycle never ends.

This whole thing's purpose was nothing but to get random reactions out of a false claim that probably took 2 minutes to think about.

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