Ptolemaic Queen, perhaps Cleopatra VII, Ptolemaic Period, Egypt, c. 200–30 B.C.
Met Museum. 89.2.660
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In ancient Egypt, priests wielded almost unrivaled power. But one group was even more powerful, a collection of women known as “The Wives of Amun”.
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I have made no secret that I am a huge fan of the Dolls of the World collection.
Though the base collection were dolls in different national costumes, there were subcollections relating to festivals, landmarks and - what else? - princesses.
I can't find an official masterlist from Mattel on how many Princesses of the World have been released, but to be fair, I might not be looking correctly. Most sources say there were 19 but some say 21, so I am not sure if some people are mistaken or if there are two extra secret princesses that I don't know about.
Either way, I am not going to make a post sharing all 19 or 21 Princesses because I don't want to clutter your feeds quite that much, but I do just want to share a few that I find interesting.
This is Princess of the Pacific Islands. She was released in 2005. Although her branding just says "Pacific Islands", the back of the box identifies her as being from Hawaii. I am not going to pretend at all to be an expert on Hawaiian culture or traditional dress, so I will not speak to the accuracy -- but I do think it would have been nice for Mattel to describe her a little more specifically. There are famously quite a lot of "Pacific Islands" with different cultures.
Princess of the Renaissance (also from 2005) I think is beautiful. The back of the box specifies that she is from Florence. It also specifies that -- no joke -- this Barbie engages in rap battles with her friend, the court jester.
Okay, it doesn't say "rap battles". It says, and I quote, "When the princess is ready for harder games, she challenges her friend the court jester to rhyming contests. She always wins!". But I want to believe this princess canonically rap battles.
I actually owned a 2001 Princess of the Nile when I was younger, though strictly as a collectors piece. I had a big Egypt phase, so I was a big fan of her. The back of her box spends a lot of time delving into her beauty routine, with her use of kohl, ocher, henna and perfumed oils.
However the biggest thing I can say about Princess of the Nile is that it's really unfortunate, but she's not Egyptian Queen Barbie, another Ancient Egypt-themed Barbie that predated Princess of the Nile by 7 years.
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Cleo De Nile 👑🪲✨
So The first Monster high character in my restarted redesigns is the queen herself, Cleo De Nile…
Tada 🎉 🎉🎉 She looks so much better and Absolutely Gorgeous. My Headcanons for her did not change at all only the art did so ✌️ And for me her pronouns would be She/Her… So hope you like it
P.S Next up will be Frankie Stein
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"His Majesty, *Her*self" ✨💪♀ Graphite & sanguine portrait of female pharaoh Hatshepsut (January 2023). #Hatshepsut #AncientEgypt #PharaohHatshepsut #Herstory #QueenHatshepsut #EgyptianArt
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