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winetourdriver01

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Mon Mar 6, 2023, 09:58 PM Mar 2023

Cleopatra ascended the throne at the age of 17 and died at the age of 39.



Cleopatra ascended the throne at the age of 17 and died at the age of 39. She spoke 9 languages. She knew the language of Ancient Egypt and had learned to read hieroglyphics, a unique case in her dynasty. Apart from this, she knew Greek and the languages ​​of the Parthians, Hebrews, Medes, Troglodytes, Syrians, Ethiopians, and Arabs.
With this knowledge, any book in the world was open to her. In addition to languages, she studied geography, history, astronomy, international diplomacy, mathematics, alchemy, medicine, zoology, economics, and other disciplines. She tried to access all the knowledge of her time.
Cleopatra spent a lot of time in a kind of ancient laboratory. She wrote some works related to herbs and cosmetics. Unfortunately, all her books were destroyed in the fire of the great Library of Alexandria in 391 AD. C. The famous physicist Galen studied her work, and was able to transcribe some of the recipes devised by Cleopatra.
One of these remedies, which Galen also recommended to her patients, was a special cream that could help bald men regain their hair. Cleopatra's books also included beauty tips, but none of them have come down to us.
The queen of Egypt was also interested in herbal healing, and thanks to her knowledge of languages, she had access to numerous papyri that are lost today. Her influence on the sciences and medicine was well known in the early centuries of Christianity. She, without a doubt, is a unique figure in the history of humanity.
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Cleopatra ascended the throne at the age of 17 and died at the age of 39. (Original Post) winetourdriver01 Mar 2023 OP
Interesting nt XanaDUer2 Mar 2023 #1
Just the kind of woman that Republicans, men and women, would hate...Uppity and overeducated. Chainfire Mar 2023 #2
Brains n beauty. A force even in antiquity Deuxcents Mar 2023 #3
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Chainfire

(17,532 posts)
2. Just the kind of woman that Republicans, men and women, would hate...Uppity and overeducated.
Mon Mar 6, 2023, 10:20 PM
Mar 2023

I had no idea that she was so academically inclined. The only thing that I learned about her in school was that she was Mark Antony's main squeeze. Of course I was in school at the time when only men were historically important.

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