

Did she do this on occasion to pamper her skin? Or was it an attempt to add opacity to the transparent water in order to give herself some privacy upon submerging her body beneath the water? Our bath is designed to grant Cleopatra a place in which to relax. Her celebrated beauty was purportedly thanks to her bathing in asses’ milk. And maybe she found these in one of her most private places – her bath.Ĭleopatra and her bath: another legendary relationship. Yet she certainly must have yearned for moments of peace and tranquillity. She undoubtedly must have lead a life of pomp and luxury, surrounded by an endless obeisance of servants. We asked ourselves how this woman, who considered herself the reincarnation of Isis, the goddess of love, really lived. She invited Caesar on a romantic cruise up the River Nile on the magnificent Thalamegos, an over 100 metre-long, floating palace barge. A bath for Cleopatra: As Identity Architects we examined the characteristics that Cleopatra represents: Glamour, beauty, but also a tendency toward the dramatic and making grand gestures.
