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Snake unlikely to have killed Cleopatra
Phys dot org ^
| October 21, 2015
| Mike Addelman
Posted on 10/21/2015 1:16:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
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posted on
10/21/2015 1:16:03 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Not only that, she didn't hold slaves, and neither did any other pharaohs. Oh, and they invented wigs, prosthetic limbs, ballet, dental floss... /s
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10/21/2015 1:18:04 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: SunkenCiv
Egypt
was troubled by the horrible asp.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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posted on
10/21/2015 1:19:16 PM PDT
by
x
To: x
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posted on
10/21/2015 1:20:11 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: SunkenCiv
...and the sousaphone. John Phillip stole the design from the Egyptians.
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posted on
10/21/2015 1:22:56 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
To: SunkenCiv
Why would she need cobra? Pharaohs would automatically have government insurance, and direct access to physicians engaged in Cairo practice.
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posted on
10/21/2015 1:23:10 PM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: SunkenCiv
She was killed by a snake. Here's an eyewitness account.
Time Machine--Dante & the Evergreens
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posted on
10/21/2015 1:23:41 PM PDT
by
Fiji Hill
To: SunkenCiv
What difference does it make. She’s dead. And is still dead to this day. Or was it Shakespeare or someone .....
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posted on
10/21/2015 1:23:52 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
To: SunkenCiv
Now just a doggone minute - who you gonna believe, some Brit academic snake freak or Elizabeth Taylor? Do you think Hollywood would have allowed it on the screen if it weren't true? Elizabeth Taylor, dang it!
Apology accepted.
To: chajin
"Pharaohs would automatically have government insurance, and direct access to physicians engaged in Cairo practice." PharaohCare turned out to be nothing but a pyramid scheme ;-)
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posted on
10/21/2015 1:32:39 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: SunkenCiv
Who knew those darn cobras were born full grown.....
To: Joe 6-pack
PharaohCare turned out to be nothing but a pyramid scheme ;-)There's a "de Nile of service" joke hiding in there, but I think I'll quit while you're ahead
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posted on
10/21/2015 1:37:06 PM PDT
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chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: SunkenCiv
"...says venomous snakes in Egypt -- cobras or vipers -- would have been too large to get unseen into the queen's palace."
It didn't have to be a large snake. I understand that the venom of young snakes is even more lethal than that of the adults. Maybe it was a baby asp.
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10/21/2015 1:37:35 PM PDT
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mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: chajin
"Why would she need cobra?"
Being the Queen, and having physicians, etc., at her disposal, she could have taken a number of poisons available at the time.
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posted on
10/21/2015 1:40:45 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: SunkenCiv
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
10/21/2015 1:45:36 PM PDT
by
SWAMP-C1PHER
(HOMINIS OECONOMICUM CIVITATIS)
To: twister881
To: Billthedrill
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posted on
10/21/2015 1:50:48 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: SunkenCiv
I saw a program on History channel last year that put forth several possibilities as to Cleo’s cause of death-Roman emperors were in the habit of parading their defeated royal captives through the streets of Rome in chains as part of their triumph before executing them, so it seems likely she did commit suicide to avoid that dishonor.
Scientists in the program concluded that poison was likely what she used-she was a queen-I’m sure she had easy access to several types of poison. A servant could have brought her a small vial of it, or have it already put in the food she was served-it would have been a lot easier and quicker than a snake...
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posted on
10/21/2015 2:24:56 PM PDT
by
Texan5
("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
To: SunkenCiv
She went to the Luxor Pyramid Casino and rolled snake eyes.
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