Cleopatra ascended to the throne at age 17 and died at age 39. He spoke 9 languages. He knew the language of Ancient Egypt and had learned to read hieroglyphics, a unique case in his dynasty. Apart from this, he knew Greek and the languages of the births, Hebrews, Medos, Troglodytes, Syrians, Ethiopians and Arabs.
With this knowledge, any book in the world was open to her. In addition to languages, he studied geography, history, astronomy, international diplomacy, mathematics, alchemy, medicine, zoology, economics and other disciplines. He tried to access all the knowledge of his time.
Cleopatra spent a lot of time in a kind of ancient laboratory. Wrote some works related to herbs and cosmetics. Unfortunately, all his books were destroyed in the fire of the great Library of Alexandria in the year 391 AD. C. The famous physicist Galeno studied his work, and was able to transcribe some of the recipes devised by Cleopatra.
One of these remedies, which Galeno also recommended to his patients, was a special cream that could help bald men regain their hair. Cleopatra’s books also included beauty hacks, but none of them has ever made it to us.
The Queen of Egypt was also interested in herbal healing, and thanks to her knowledge of languages she had access to numerous papyrs that are lost to this day. His influence on science and medicine was well known in the first centuries of Christianity.. Certainly a unique figure in human history.
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