Conversations Beyond Their Lives

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EP 99 - Cleopatra and Hatshepsut: Who Gets to Control the Image?

EP 99 - Cleopatra and Hatshepsut: Who Gets to Control the Image?9 Sept4 min

<p>Two of antiquity&rsquo;s most scrutinized rulers confront a very modern problem: image control in an age of deepfakes, memes, and algorithmic mythmaking. Cleopatra brings sharp political realism; Hatshepsut counters with the long view of monuments, erasure, and who gets edited out.</p>