Wrapped Up In A Carpet Eptian

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Wrapped up in a carpet eptian.

Cleopatra had herself wrapped in a carpet some sources say it was a linen sack and smuggled into his personal quarters. Cleopatra queen of egypt was one of the most famous women in history her full name was cleopatra vii thea philopator 69 bc 12 august 30 bc. Cleopatra was known to appreciate a grand entrance. From time immemorial carpets covered the floors of house and tent as well as mosque and palace.

When she was summoned to meet mark antony she arrived dressed as the goddess aphrodite atop a golden barge with purple sails and silver oars. Stories say she met julius caesar by having herself delivered to his chambers wrapped up in a carpet. In 48 bc the resourceful cleopatra forbidden by her brother ptolemy xiii to meet with the roman general had herself wrapped in a carpet or according to some historians a linen sack and smuggled into caesar s quarters. Cleopatra was not egyptian.

She was the last of the ptolemaic dynasty of pharaohs set up in egypt after the death of alexander the great by descent she was a macedonian princess. Carpets developed in central and western asia as coverings for beaten earth floors. In the homes of wealthy eastern families floor coverings serve an aesthetic as well as a practical function. Rug and carpet rug and carpet uses of rugs and carpets.

After her death egypt became the roman province of aegyptus. Cleopatra had been made up to look.