To: jocon307
Well, what happened to the old Egyptians? I mean Cleopatra did live at the time of the Romans, so, what happened, where did they go? Were they just over run and bred out by Arabs? Cleopatra was of Greek descent
Alexander the Great of Macedonia (what's now northern Greece) conquered Egypt, and installed his people as the new ruling class.
50 posted on
06/05/2005 7:57:16 AM PDT by
SauronOfMordor
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To: SauronOfMordor; jocon307
Well, what happened to the old Egyptians? ...
Cleopatra was of Greek descent...
Cleopatra also had a nice Asp.
54 posted on
06/05/2005 8:06:18 AM PDT by
Bon mots
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