The last queen of ancient Egypt, Cleopatra could have died from a drug overdose, not from being bitten by a poisonous snake. It is reported by The Telegraph , with reference to the German scientists from the University Trierskogo. In addition, existing documents confirm that the 39-year-old queen would remain attractive even after death. Save the myth of her beauty, she has helped a mixture of opium and a number of poisonous plants, scientists say. This drink was distributed to suicide in old age.
Lead author Christoph Schaeffer specially went to Alexandria to study medical texts and to consult with leading serpentologami, experts on snakes. As a result, it was concluded that the queen could not have been an agonizing death from being bitten by snake – one of the most poisonous snakes in the world. The proof of this, the researchers said, are the historical references on which the snake in the chambers of Cleopatra was not detected.
According to German scientist, the queen died in a matter of hours, but from a snake bite she could spend several days in agony.
As is known, the ancient ruler committed suicide in order not to be captive conqueror of country, the Roman emperor Octavian Augustus.