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‘The Cleopatras’ Review: The Last Queens of Egypt
The first-century B.C. Cleopatra immortalized by Plutarch, Shakespeare and Elizabeth Taylor was merely the seventh, and last, in the line of Cleopatras to rule Egypt in 193-30 B.C. Their claims to ...
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Relief sculpture of Cleopatra at the Temple of Hathor, Dandara, Egypt
Cunning, charming and captivating, the Egyptian Cleopatra was horrifying, yet fascinating to many of Rome’s citizens. Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the ...