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Cleopatra Killed by Drug Cocktail?
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| Thursday, July 1, 2010
| Rossella Lorenzi
Posted on 07/02/2010 6:04:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/02/2010 6:04:05 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 240B; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
07/02/2010 6:04:45 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: SunkenCiv
a drug cocktail made of opium, aconitum (also known as wolfsbane) and hemlockWait a minute, aren't those the ingredients of the ancient drink known as "a snake bite?"
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posted on
07/02/2010 6:39:13 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("Obama suffers from decision-deficit disorder." Oliver North 6/25/10)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/02/2010 6:54:33 PM PDT
by
GSP.FAN
(Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
To: SunkenCiv
Finally, the money shot
"I believe finding her body and applying forensic methods of analysis would be the only way to solve the mystery of her death."
I can go along with this theory: Cleopatra narrows it down to two choices. Then she says "you, slave, and you, slave" and observes them die. Then she picks.
Can I have that grant now?
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/02/2010 8:59:15 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: SunkenCiv
Is there some reason why anyone care about this?
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posted on
07/02/2010 9:08:09 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (Pr.29:2))
To: fortheDeclaration
I find it interesting. But then, I really dig the History Channel and stuff like that.
To: fortheDeclaration
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posted on
07/02/2010 10:28:22 PM PDT
by
bobby.223
To: TNdandelion
I enjoy history also, but what relevance is this to anything?
I had heard that the reason she chose the bite of the asp was because it was painless.
She had tried various poisons out on animals and slaves and saw that this one was the quickest and most painless.
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posted on
07/02/2010 11:49:46 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (Pr.29:2))
To: TNdandelion
“The truth of the matter no one knows” (Plutarch, LXXXVI.2).
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posted on
07/02/2010 11:59:21 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (Pr.29:2))
To: JoeProBono
Mark Antony just had quite enough of her $hit.
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posted on
07/03/2010 1:39:39 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: bigheadfred
Wow, great! Of course, the slaves at the crime scene died after their queen, because they had to make sure her body looked just right. But testing the poisons that way would have been the preferred method.
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posted on
07/03/2010 5:51:48 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: TNdandelion
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posted on
07/03/2010 5:53:43 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: bobby.223
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posted on
07/03/2010 5:54:52 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: NonValueAdded
:’D I have my doubts about the hemlock ingredient. That one is a slow, painful killer — assuming it’s the Socrates hemlock.
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posted on
07/03/2010 5:57:50 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: fortheDeclaration
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posted on
07/03/2010 7:53:02 AM PDT
by
eleni121
(But now, he that has a moneybag take it; without a sword let him sell his garment, and buy one.)
To: eleni121
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posted on
07/03/2010 6:06:25 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (Pr.29:2))
To: fortheDeclaration
Apparently, the truth is a bit of a mystery and people disagree on the subject.
I don't find this subject to be so controversial that folks need to be so critical of its posting. Shoo!
To: TNdandelion
Wasn’t critical of its posting, I was critical of a historian spending so much time on it.
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posted on
07/04/2010 3:34:37 AM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (Pr.29:2))
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