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Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt, died on either 10 or 12 August, 30 BC, in Alexandria, when she was 39 years old.According to popular belief, Cleopatra killed herself by allowing an asp (Egyptian cobra) to bite her, but according to the Roman-era writers Strabo, Plutarch, and Cassius Dio, Cleopatra poisoned herself using either a toxic ointment or by introducing the poison ...
The painting has two parts, and it presents in the foreground Queen Cleopatra seated on a bench on which have been placed fabrics and a tiger skin whose head has been preserved. Seen in profile, she recalls Ancient Egyptian paintings. Cleopatra wears the Néret crown which was the regalia of Egyptian queens since the 4th dynasty.
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A significant discovery in Cleopatra’s alleged tomb may have just revealed additional information about the ancient queen. When archaeologist Kathleen Martinez led her Egyptian-Dominican team to ...
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In Stacy Schiff's acclaimed biography Cleopatra: A Life, the author wrote that Cleopatra was Greek and "approximately as Egyptian as Elizabeth Taylor." Ancestry of the queen's mother is unknown ...
Brett Goldsmith remembered his favorite moment with the 'Grease' icon while on tour with her in Paris in the late '70s. Olivia Newton-John Once Wore a Cleopatra Wig to Disguise Herself in Public ...
The Death of Cleopatra (Spanish: La muerte de Cleopatra), [1] also known simply as Cleopatra, [2] is an 1881 oil painting on canvas by the Filipino painter Juan Luna, currently on display at the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain.