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The truth about Cleopatra's lethal drugs cocktail
Cleopatra expires languidly in the painting Cleopatra's Last Moments (1892) by the little-known artist D PauvertCleopatra did not kill herself in 30BC by letting an asp sink its poison-laced fangs into her delicate flesh, as everyone thought. Instead she swallowed alethal of drugs — opium, hemlock and aconitum. At least, that is what Professor Christoph Schaefer of the university of Trier says. He tells a German television programme, “Back then this was a well-known mixture that led to a painless death within just a few hours, whereas the snake death could have taken days and been agonising.”
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Printable Map of Egypt about 1450 BC + a reference map of the Nile delta.
Printable Map of Egypt about 1450 BC + a reference map of the Nile delta.
This map of ancient Egypt shows the major cities of the Dynastic period (3150 BC to 30 BC):
Here's another ancient Egypt map, this one is of the Nile river valley as seen by Piri Reis. Piri Reiss was a Turkish admiral, geographer and cartographer who lived from 1465 to 1555...
about Queen Nefertiti
Little info on Queen Nefertiti and her early life is known. There is some speculation as to her parentage. When Nefertiti married a pharaoh, akhnaton she became Queen Nefertiti Akhenaton. Although her husband also had several other wives, it is apparent from the autobiography of Queen Nefertiti found in ancient depictions that the pharaoh was completely enamored of her. It is not hard to imagine why, when even in modern times, Nefertiti is celebrated for her incomparable beauty. The couple is known to have had six daughters, although none of the daughters inherited the throne of Egypt. That role was reserved for a son born to the Pharaoh by a minor wife. It is widely believed that Nefertiti was influential in her husband's attempts to convert the nation of Egypt from a polytheistic...
Queen Cleopatra of Egypt
History of CleopatraQueen Cleopatra of Egypt is the most well known of all the ancient egyptian queens. Cleopatra was born in Alexandria in 69 B.C. during the reign of the Ptolemy family to Ptolemy XII. Cleopatra appears to have been a popular name in the family, as her mother bore the name as well as an older sister, making the new daughter Cleopatra the Seventh, although she is rarely referred to as such. Cleopatra and her family were not Egyptian, but rather Macedonian, descended through a general of Alexander the Great. Cleopatra would become the first ruler of her family who could actually speak the Egyptian language.
Queen Cleopatra...
TUT
Image of King Tutankhamun's mask at www.argonet.co.uk/users/harts/egypt/4a_plan.htm from Mike Owen, harts@argonet.co.uk, March 2000. Email message.
King Tut’s original name was not Tut. They just called him that for short. His real name is Tutankhamun or Tutankhaten. King Tut is probably the most well known king because his tomb hadn’t been robbed like most Egyptian tombs and pyramids had when it was discovered in 1922.
Howard Carter discovered Tut’s tomb about 600 years after Tut died. Howard was on the search for Tut for ten years. ...
