News, Poison, not snake, killed Cleopatra, scholar says. (ancient, Egypt, German)

[JD59]

Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, died from drinking a mixture of poisons and not from a snake bite, a German historian said Wednesday.

The theory by Christoph Schaefer, a professor of ancient history at Trier University, challenges the common, centuries-old belief that Cleopatra committed suicide with the bite of an asp.

Poison, not snake, killed Cleopatra, scholar says - CNN.com

[Avengerfire]

Well it sure would be easier to say and much more concrete of a statement if they had her mummy for testing.

[texdav]

Theory is the key word here.

[Fred314X]

The professor's argument makes sense. But he's going up against a popular myth of very long standing...so good luck to him in changing people's minds.