Scholar, seductress, alchemist: who was the real Cleopatra?
- Posted on February 27, 2026
- By The Guardian
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Scholar, seductress, alchemist: who was the real Cleopatra?
The Egyptian queen has fascinated me from childhood, but following the archives led only to ancient gossip and Roman propaganda. Fiction was the way to liberate her from misogynist myth
