01/26/2022
Ephesus, Turkey.
Situated between 3 great ancient empires: Greek, Roman and Egyptian, sitting in modern day Turkey. These earrings are named after Cleopatra because it reminds me of her affairs of state that supposedly took her to Ephesus where she could use her 3 cultures to keep peace in Egypt. Cleopatra was a Greek, but a queen of Egypt married to Julius Caesar then Marcus Anthony-both Roman. She used these 3 blended cultures to intoxicate her rivals with her superb diplomatic prowess and delay the inevitable seizure of Egypt by the bloodthirsty Romans.