Wrapped Up In A Carpet Eptian

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Wrapped up in a carpet eptian.

After her death egypt became the roman province of aegyptus. When guards saw some servants. In 48 bc the resourceful cleopatra forbidden by her brother ptolemy xiii to meet with the roman general had herself wrapped in a carpet or according to some historians a linen sack and smuggled into caesar s quarters. Cleopatra was known to appreciate a grand entrance.

In the homes of wealthy eastern families floor coverings serve an aesthetic as well as a practical function. Knowing that ptolemy s forces would thwart her attempts to meet with roman general cleopatra had herself wrapped in a carpet and smuggled into caesar s quarters. Cleopatra had been made up to look. Rug and carpet rug and carpet uses of rugs and carpets.

Carpets developed in central and western asia as coverings for beaten earth floors. Cleopatra was not egyptian. Stories say she met julius caesar by having herself delivered to his chambers wrapped up in a carpet. Consider the dramatic way she introduced herself to julius caesar and mark antony.

She was the last of the ptolemaic dynasty of pharaohs set up in egypt after the death of alexander the great by descent she was a macedonian princess. Cleopatra had herself wrapped in a carpet some sources say it was a linen sack and smuggled into his personal quarters.