Thursday, November 19, 2009

Cleopatra

Cleopatra , 69 BC-30 BC, was the last pharaoh of Egypt, one of the great romantic heroines of all time. Her name was widely used in the Ptolemaic family; there were many earlier Cleopatras. The daughter of Ptolemy XI, she was married at the age of 17 (as was the family custom) to her younger brother Ptolemy XII .

Facts
+Cleopatra’s full name was Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator.
+Cleopatra died in 30 BC, when she was only 39 years old. She committed suicide and used an asp (an Egyptian cobra snake) for the purpose.
+She was the only one in her family who could actually speak Egyptian.
+She became pharaoh of Egypt when she was 18 years old.
+She spoke 9 different languages.
+She had 5 kids, 4 sons and 1 daughter.
+Cleopatra had 2 brothers and 2 sisters.
+She was involved with Cesar and Mark Antony who were very famous kings of Rome.
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no one knows where she was buried people say she was buried on the outskirts of Alexandria with her last lover mark Anthony.
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