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Cleopatra's mother 'was African PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 16 March 2009 08:59

Cleopatra, the last Egyptian Pharaoh, renowned for her beauty, was part African, says a BBC team which believes it has found her sister's tomb.

Queen Cleopatra was a descendant of Ptolemy, the Macedonian general who ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great.

But remains of the queen's sister Princess Arsinoe, found in Ephesus, Turkey, indicate that her mother had an "African" skeleton

Read more:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/also_in_the_news/7945333.stm


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