An ornate slave-powered barge made from white confectioners’ sugar with ornate gold details. The barge boasts a tall temple to house Cleopatra, a palm tree, multiple Egyptian statues on pedestals, a raised navigation platform in the rear, two tall masts with rigging, and dozens of long oars. Photo by ‘greloch’, South Carolina 2009.
A replica of Cleopatra’s golden barge, as seen in the 1963 epic historical drama directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton—made from pastry sugar.
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