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Old January 1st, 2006, 12:28 AM
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Default Cleopatra's irresistible . . . mind

Cleopatra seduced the Romans with her irresistible . . . mind

by Ben Hoyle

LONG before Shakespeare portrayed her as history’s most exotic femme fatale, Cleopatra was revered throughout the Arab world — for her brain.

Medieval Arab scholars never referred to the Egyptian queen’s appearance, and they made no mention of the dangerous sensuality which supposedly corrupted Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Instead they marvelled at her intellectual accomplishments: from alchemy and medicine to philosophy, mathematics and town planning, a new book has claimed.

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Old June 11th, 2007, 01:05 AM
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Annunaki (direct reptilian) descendant. zg

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A recently discovered coin indicates she was no beauty.

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yikes, i thought the picture of her was a picture of marc anthony at first,
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Ya, but damn - she was one smart reptile! zg
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