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Three centuries later, before the birth of Christ, a god who descended to Egypt and the Greek generals of Alexander, Cleopatra, was ruled by. He looked back to the world empire, and the Golden Age was determined to better himself.

Alexander died at the age of 32. Cleopatra was 23 when he, Alexander Julius Caesar, the world's most powerful man in Rome as the Queen of Egypt and a friendly introduction to its already gone, no more.This complex time. To save the throne, adaptable cruel, clever, and it was a great politician. Cleopatra Cleopatra's history and explanations for many of us were all of these traits. I saw my life as a heroin Renaissance poets. Bare breasted queen of the death of the artist alluded to depictions of the eroticism. Theda Bara in 1917 in Hollywood, starting with a vivid description of Cleopatra as a vamp strengthened.But who was the real Cleopatra? What did she really look like?

　　　We’re in Berlin because this is the best portrait of Cleopatra in the world. There are very few ancient sculptures that are existing. So this is probably as close as we’re ever going to get to how she really looked. She’s rather plain looking, isn’t she? Look at her hair. It’s tied up in a simple bun. It’s a classical Greek hairstyle. It’s practical but not exactly designed to captivate a Roman general.

　　　We know from ancient sources that her hair was a reddish color, wavy. But look at her nose. It’s a little bit too long and hooked at the end. And her mouth, is not exactly sensual. She’s not wearing any jewelry. There are no earrings, no necklace. This is not the portrait of a femme fatale.

　　　The ancient sources tell us she was intelligent, witty, charming, a linguist and along with this, she had a tremendous determination. It was this amazing combination of abilities that made Cleopatra the most famous woman in history. It wasn’t her beauty.

　　　Women in Egypt had always been powerful: Queen Hatshepsut, Nefertiti and now Cleopatra. But during the era of the Ptolemy’s, the role of Greek women had changed. They gained an identity apart from that of their husbands or families. Women participated in the arts and civic life and marriage became a union of two people, not just two houses. The portraits of the women of this period show strong individuals looking back at you with confidence. They’re almost haunting. Women would not have this power again until the 20th century. Cleopatra was well educated, strong minded with ideas of her own and a female.

A as an intellectual, Cleopatra would have been heartbroken: Egyptians and Caesar in the Roman army during the war, there occurred one of the ancient world's biggest tragedies of the time - and the Burning of the Library of Alexandria. It is sad to think about what is lost in the fire at Alexandria. Aristotle and Plato, and there is a missing manuscript. They were probably there. There was a room with Homer and publications. Maybe even probably, this can help in resolving the issues that biblical, Old Testament, there was an early manuscript.

Cleopatra was replaced as a result, 200,000 manuscripts. Books were very important for him. Today, everyone knows the beauty of it, but it was he was the most important asset, his intelligence, that is ironic.