Here’s What Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Caligula And Others Would Look Like Today
Emperor Augustus (born Octavius, the great-nephew of Julius Caesar)
According to Becca Saladin: “Ever since I was a child, I have been fascinated by history and archaeology. I think humans perceive the past as a series of events; something like a movie that we can’t really feel or touch. I believe the things that bring us closer to the past are those that truly humanize us – the bodies from Pompeii, the perfectly preserved Inca mummies, the personal objects of those long gone, and more.
I’ve always thought how incredible it would be to see historical events and people the way they actually happened and the way they actually looked. I started Royalty Now in February of 2019, simply as a way for me to see my favorite historical figure, Anne Boleyn, as a modern woman. I wanted to know if she could come to life from the few pale, flat portraits we have of her. I started the account to satisfy my own curiosity about what members of the past would look like if they were standing right in front of me. I’m incredibly thankful for the support and interest the account has received, and can’t wait to see what happens next.”
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Cleopatra
Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch
Marie Antionette
Mary, Queen of Scots
Abraham Lincoln
Madame du Barry – the official mistress of Louis XV
Anne Boleyn
Louis XV
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, better known as Madame de Pompadour
Queen Isabella of Castile
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
Agrippina the Younger, a sister to Emperor Caligula
Eleanor of Toledo, a bride to a famous member of the Medici Family Cosimo I de Medici
British author Jane Austen
Grace Kelly, American film actress & Princess of Monaco
Mona Lisa
Prince Albert
Queen Elizabeth I
Benjamin Franklin
Queen Nefertiti
Julie Andrews
Caligula
Elizabeth Taylor
Alexander the Great
Ingrid Bergman
Wallis Simpson, the American socialite and divorcée at the heart of the Abdication Crisis that caused King Edward VIII to give up the throne
Louis XIV, the Sun King
Julius Caesar
Mary I
Napoleon
Henry VIII
Catherine Parr, the wife of Henry VIII
Jane Seymour, the wife of Henry VIII
Anne of Cleves, the wife of Henry VIII
Elizabeth Woodville, the longstanding wife of King Edward IV, from 1464-1483
Marie Antionette
A young Queen Victoria
Mary Queen of Scots
Katherine Howard (c. 1523 – 13 February 1542) was Queen of England for only 16 months as the fifth wife of Henry VIII
Christina of Denmark, seen here in an original Hans Holbein portrait, lived from 1521 – 1590
Prince Albert, shown here at age 21
Richard III, the King of England
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Queen Isabella of Castile, partner to Ferdinand II of Aragon and the queen who sent Columbus on his way to the “new world” in 1492
The Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov
Katherine of Aragon, wife of King Henry VIII and queen of England from 1509-1533
