Cleopatra VII (ruled 51-30 BC) was illustrious, intelligent and politically astute,
She is known in pop culture as simply Cleopatra, although there were six Egyptian queens before her with the same name.
Take a virtual tour of highlights from the 2001 British Museum's Cleopatra of Egypt exhibit.
Pharaoh Ptolemy XII died in March 51 BC making the 18 year old Cleopatra and her 12 year old brother Ptolemy XIII joint monarchs.
"Cleopatra was descended from a line of rulers that began with Ptolemy I, a general who served under Alexander the Great in the 4th century BCE."
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