'Uncovering Cleopatra'

'The article name Who was Cleopatra? from the Smithsonian magazine describes who the infamous queen of the Nile was and what her smell was like well-nigh 49 B.C. The enlarge that the article gener associate clarifies on ar the struggles with her teenage fellow over the crapper of Egypt and her schema to sneaker into the palace to retard Julius Caesar. The article also exemplifies what kind of pharaoh she was during her time. nigh 49 B.C. when Cleopatra was estimable in her premature twenties, she fled to Syria to legislate to a mercenary array in straddle set up camp right outside of the capital. This was because the controvert over the bottom of Egypt with her brother was not going as well as she had political platformned. Cleopatra wanted goose egg more than to rule. Her husband, Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII, had dictated his sister from the palace at Alexandria aft(prenominal) Cleopatra attempted to fall upon herself the sole sovereign. \nIn the summer of 48 B.C. the Roman habitual Julius Caesar arrived at Alexandria. Caesar was draw to the Egyptian family feud. Egypt had been a deferential ally to capital of Italy because of the Nile River valley and the stability it brought to the country, as well as the agricultural wealth. These electropositive attributes made the Nile River vale greatly regard in Romes sparing interest. Caesar began living at Alexandras regal palace in hopes of mediating the war among the siblings, but it was foiled since Ptolemy XIIIs forces banned the return of the kings sister to Alexandria. chary Cleopatra realized that Caesars plan for a diplomatic intervention could back uper her in reclaiming her sens and she fashioned a devious scheme to sneak herself into the palace. By ingeniously persuading her retainer Apollodoros to wrap her up in carpeting (or a finish used for storing complete sheets according to rough sources) she was smuggled into the palace. This move of emerging from the carpet, r obed in her beat finery, and begging Caesar for his help was enough to adopt over the ...'