Portrait of Cleopatra
by Kathy Kelly
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Portrait of Cleopatra
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Kathy Kelly
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Digital Art - Digital Art
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Cleopatra VII Philopator, from a family of Macedonian Greek origin, was the last active pharaoh in Ptolemaic Egypt. Initially she ruled Egypt jointly with her father Ptolemy XII Auletes and then later with her brothers Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV.
Although she was married to Ptolemy XIII at the age of eighteen by their father's will, Cleopatra made it clear that she would not share power with him and dropped his name from official documents. She also kept his face off of currency, reserving that honor for herself alone.
She could speak six different languages including Aramaic, Egyptian, Ethiopic, Greek, Hebrew and Latin. She reigned from 51-12 BC.
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June 24th, 2017
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