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| Cleopatra's legacy has been vigorously contested, the subject of myth, embellishment, and propaganda |
“Forget what they say about money making the world go
round - nations have risen and fallen on the account of a beautiful woman."
GOING by the contemporary narrative, love is
something powerful, but fleeting and rather silly—with all it’s apparent expectations
of dead plants, wax candles and whiny violins. But Valentine’s Day grouches,
don’t despair. Love can be serious stuff too, it has been known to
shape the course of whole nations:
Nefertiti, Queen of Egypt
One of the most mysterious and powerful women in ancient
Egypt, Nefertiti was queen alongside Pharaoh Akhenaten from 1353 to 1336 BC.
