TY - BOOK AU - Discovery Channel TI - The great egyptians [videorecording] /: the real Cleopatra PY - 1996/// CY - Quezon City PB - Magnavision KW - Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt KW - 30 BC KW - Pyramids KW - Egypt KW - History KW - To 640 AD N2 - Her name evokes images of beauty, allure, luxury. But new evidence portrays Cleopatra as a skillful leader who was not hedonistic, promiscuous - or particularly attractive. Last in a 300-years line of Greek rulers, Cleopatra claimed Egypt's throne at 18 and calmed a nation turmoil. With her suicide, an illustrious civilization also vanished, and her surviving children disappeared in history. A riveting depiction of life, family and alliance of an uncommon queen ER -