How Did Cleopatra Die

We might never know for sure how Cleopatra died, as the majority of the story is still a mystery.

Table of ContentsThe Final Days Of Egypt’s Last PharaohWhat We Know About Cleopatra’s DeathLingering Mysteries About Cleopatra’s SuicideWas It Suicide?

Cleopatra VII, the Egyptian pharaoh, barricaded herself within a tomb she had constructed on the grounds of her Alexandrian palace on an August day in 30 B.C. The Queen of the Nile then sent for a poisonous serpent.

Arriving concealed in a fig basket was an Egyptian cobra, also referred to as an asp. Then, when its fangs dug into her skin, Cleopatra brought it up to her exposed breast. Cleopatra was bitten by a snake and died shortly after, or did she?

The Final Days Of Egypt’s Last Pharaoh

A possible Roman painting of Cleopatra from the first century A.D.

Cleopatra had to struggle to ascend to power despite being born into royalty in the year 70 B.C. The 18-year-old Cleopatra VII and her younger brother Ptolemy XIII ...