Doubt about the death of the beautiful Egyptian queen

Scholars at the University of Manchester, England, rejected the Cleopatra hypothesis, the beautiful and powerful queen in ancient Egyptian history, killed by snake bites.

The truth about Cleopatra's death

The BBC reports that Egyptologists have joined forces with snake experts to test the theory that Queen Cleopatra was bitten by a cobra in a basket of figs. According to the research team, a snake is large enough to cause death for the queen and the two women cannot hide in the basket. They also suspected the authenticity of the three deadly bites that took place in a row.

Egyptian queen Cleopatra is famous for her beauty, wisdom and communication skills.(Photo: Aliexpress).

Cleopatra ruled Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and died at the age of 39. The life of this beautiful and intelligent queen was caught up in the power wars of the Roman Empire.

According to the Roman tradition, Cleopatra ended her life with the fatal bite of a poisonous snake. However, Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley and Andrew Gray, in charge of the reptile area in Manchester Museum, found cobra to be too large to hide.

Cobras are usually 1.5 - 1.8m long and have a maximum size of 2.5m. According to experts, such a large snake is difficult to hide. Even in the case that the snake was secretly brought into the palace, it was almost impossible to kill Cleopatra and the two women with rapid bites.

"The likelihood of snakebite death is only 10%. The majority of cases are dry bites that do not spread venom. We do not deny that the cobra is quite dangerous. Their venom causes necrosis and will do deadly, but in a very slow way, snakes use venom to protect themselves and hunt, they will keep the venom and only use it when needed. followed by 2-3 people, " Ray said.