number 1: she was the product of incest marrying a relative was very common practice back in

ancient Egypt especially among royal families in order to preserve the royal blood and the family's
fortune it's believed that her parents were most likely brother and sister

number 2: her famous eye makeup had another purpose the black cat eye ring around the eye is
by far one of Cleopatra's most well-known trademarks. Many believe it was intended to make her
more attractive and to intimidate other women, but it actually had a medical purpose: back in the
ancient times Egyptians faced a variety of illnesses including eye infections. The ancient cosmetic
used for darkening the eye called Kohl was thought to contain properties that fought eye maladies

number 3: her beauty was a myth Cleopatra is known to have been a very beautiful woman but it
all might just be a myth what we know for sure is we don't actually know what she looked like.
Historians such as Plutarch claimed that her beauty was not out of the ordinary. what she had was a
lot of charm and great intelligence some even say she was rather ugly the out-of-this-world beauty
image that was painted by the Romans

number 4: she had a mysterious death one of the greatest mysteries surrounding Cleopatra is
related to her death. A theory is that she was killed by a cobra bite. Another theory is that she killed
herself using a poisonous needle kept in her hair. Historians often argue that she was actually
captured by Augustus and was either killed by him or captured but she managed to kill herself while
being a prisoner. She died at the age of 39

number 5: Cleopatra used to bathe in milk to keep her skin young and beautiful donkey milk to
be more precise. It is said that she had around 700 donkeys kept just for her. Those bathes has
numerous benefits it leaves the skin feeling soft and clean and it exfoliates it. It's also very
expensive.

Today we'll dig into the life of one of the most remarkable women in history.
Cleopatra was born around 69 BC and even nowadays women still aspire to be like her. She's
remembered in the collective culture as being a beautiful woman that would use her charm to
influence some of the most powerful men in the Western world. Her full title is actually Cleopatra
the seventh Philopator meaning that there were six other Cleopatra's before her but the name was
without a doubt made famous by only one. She was a polyglot. She knew 9 languages and she was
the first one of Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt who learned to speak Egyptian language. Her reign
brought Egypt nearly 22 years of prosperity and stability. She was the last paraoh of Egypt. She's
remembered as one of the most brilliant and alluring figures of antiquity, yet many of the details of
her life remain unknown or surrounded by myth this is because most of the art and writings about
her come long after her death and were often written by the Romans, who feared her and the
thought of a woman gaining so much power.

After her father's death, when she was 18 and her brother 10, Cleopatra become the queen of
Egypt. No long after that she was exiled by her brother's supporters, but she returned to rule with
Cesar by her side. Later her brother drowned in The Nil after a war between Cleopatra and her
brother' supporters .Yet she had an other brother who she married. Cleopatra and Cesar were lovers
and they had a boy together. His name was Cesarion. Later Cesar and Cleopatra's brother died and
she put three old Cesarion to rule with her.
After a while she met Marcus Antoniu and she became his lover. They had 3 children
together. In a war with Octavian, Antoniu killed himself because he thought that Cleopatra was
dead. But she wasn't dead and Antoniu died in her arms so Cleopatra chose to kill herself. She died
in 30 BC.