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The Murder of Cleopatra

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by Pat Brown


  Diomedes, 194

  Discovery Channel, 14

  distortion of past events, 15

  Djederfre (son of Cheops), 166

  Doloaspis, 58

  Donations of Alexandria, 138–140

  dropsy, 126

  “dry bite,” 39

  dysentery, 154

  Eastern mourning activity, 204–205

  Egypt

  established as a republic, 21

  as Islamic nation, 21

  Egyptian bolt, 197

  Egyptian Cobra, 36. See also cobra

  Egyptian coins, 50

  Egyptian delta, 185–186

  Egyptian Museum, 25

  Egyptian Revolution of 2011, 237

  Egyptian Sea, 44

  Egyptian temple, 198

  Eighteenth Dynasty, 25

  El Shatby, Egypt, 193

  Empereur, Jean-Yves, 192

  Emporium, 45–46

  Epaphroditus, 207

  Ephesus, Turkey, 143

  Epirus, 146

  Eros, 194

  Etesian winds, 45

  Eunostus, harbour of, 46

  Everitt, Anthony, 127

  Fayoum City, 24

  First Triumvirate, 56–57

  Florus, 211

  forensic investigation of Cleopatra’s death, 34–41

  French occupation of Egypt, 21

  Fulvia, 214

  funerary boat, 166

  funerary mask (of King Tut), 25

  funerary temples, 192

  Gallus, Aelius, 164

  Gallus, Cornelius, 164, 182

  Ganymede, 85

  Giza, great pyramids of, 21, 23–24

  gladiators, 95

  Goddio, Franck, 48

  gold trade, 59

  grave robbers, 25, 193

  Great Harbor, 219

  Greek-Hellenistic empire, 56

  Gymnasium, 46

  gypsum, 27

  Hadrian (emperor), 177

  hairpulling, 204

  Hathor, the goddess of love, 22

  Hawass, Zahi, 233

  Heliopolis, 187, 191

  Hellenistic era, 192

  Hellenistic tradition (grid pattern), 44

  Hellenistic world, 55

  Heptastadion, 46, 221

  Heracleiotic mouth, 185

  Heracles, 54

  Hercules, 219

  Herod, King, 124, 227

  Herodotus, 187

  Herooplite Gulf, 174

  hierscript, 166

  hijabs, 20, 22, 91

  hippodrome, 162, 188

  Homer, 52

  homosexuality and the Caesars, 112–113

  Horus the hawk, 22

  Hurghada, 164

  hypaethral room, 223

  hysterical grief, 206

  Ides of March in 44 BCE, 96

  Iliad, The (Homer), 52

  incestuous relationships, 71

  India, 164

  Insteius, Marcus, 147

  Ionian Sea, 146, 153

  Iras, 145

  Islam, 21

  Islamic faith, 20

  ivory trade, 59

  Jews, 89

  Karnak Egypt, 25

  Khufu (Cheops), 24–28

  Kleomenes, 58

  Kom el-Shuqafa catacombs, 193

  Koptos, 164, 168

  Lagide treasury, 78, 136, 155, 163, 188

  Lagus, 70

  Lake Mareotis, 44, 46, 217

  Lake Timsah, 174

  Last Pharaohs, The (Manning), 58

  Lepidus, Marcus, 57, 105–106, 120

  Leucas, 154

  Libya, 160

  Libyan invasion (of Egypt), 21

  Life of Antony (Plutarch), 63, 144–145

  lighthouse of Pharos Island, 46

  lime mortar, 27

  Lives of the Caesars (Suetonius), 109–110

  Lochias, 45

  Lupercalia, 96

  Luxor, Egypt, 25, 164

  Lysimachos, 72

  Macedonia, history of, 52–55

  Macedonian Alabaster Tomb, 193

  Maidum (village), 26

  malaria, 154

  Mamluks (powerful military caste), 23

  Manning, J. G., 58

  Mardion the eunuch, 145

  Mareotis, Lake, 44, 46, 217

  Marsa Matrouh, 182–183

  Martinez, Kathleen, 233

  Mediterranean Sea, 23, 143, 163

  Memphis (Egyptian capital), 44, 58, 186

  mental fatigue, 154

  mercenaries, 145

  Mersa Gawasis, 164, 170

  Methone, 153

  Mithraidates, 89

  monarchy, 93

  monsoon winds, 170

  mourning, 204

  Mubarak, Hosni, 21–22, 47–48

  Muhammad Ali mosque, 22

  mummified skeletal remains, 192

  murder of family members, 71

  Muslim religion, 20

  Myos Hormos, 165

  Mysterious Death of Cleopatra, The (documentary), 16, 233

  Nabataeans, 89, 124, 160, 164–165

  Nabatea, 177

  Naja Haje, 36

  narcissism, 53, 96, 204

  major traits of narcissists, 117

  Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 21–22, 47

  Navies of Rome, The (Pitassi), 167

  Necho, Pharaoh, 176–177

  Necropolis, 46

  New Triumvirate, 106, 120

  Nicopolis, 46

  Nile inundation, 173–178, 186

  Nile River, 23

  Nubia, 59

  Octavia, 121, 140, 234

  Octavian (Augustus Caesar)

  as Caesar’s nephew, 101

  and health problems, 125

  motive for murdering Cleopatra, 179–180

  and power in Alexandria, 11

  as ruler of the Roman Empire, 109

  and the Second Triumvirate, 57

  Octavius, Marcus, 147

  Old Kingdom, 21

  Olympias, 52–54

  118 pyramids of Egypt, 24

  oracle of Amun, 58

  Ottoman occupation of Egypt, 21

  Palestine, 59

  Paneium, 46, 200

  Paraetonium, 160, 182–183

  Parthia, 96, 136

  Parthian campaign, 98, 104, 121

  Patras, 153

  Pelusiac mouth, 185–186

  Pelusian arm, 177

  Pelusium, 57, 80, 180–181

  Pernigotti, Sergio, 198

  Persia, 55

  Persian conquest (of Egypt), 21

  personality profiling, 114

  pharaonic rule in Egypt, 21

  Pharos, 221

  Pharos Island, 46

  Pharos tower, 45

  Pharsalos, 81

  Philae, island of, 196

  Philip II, 52–53, 56

  Philippi, 126

  Philo of Alexandria, 47

  pirates, 164

  Pitassi, Michael, 167–168

  Plutarch

  and Antony’s depression, 160–161

  and the Battle of Actium, 144–145

  and Caesar’s murder, 103–105

  and Cleopatra’s many languages, 66

  description of Cleopatra, 61–62

  description of Cleopatra’s ship, 132

  description of Donations of Alexandria, 138

  description of Mark Antony, 101–102

  descriptions of burial tombs, 30–31

  descriptions of Mark Antony’s death, 32–33

  embellishment of Cleopatra’s meeting with Caesar, 82

  and the festival of the Lycaea, 96–97

  poisons, 161

  Polybius, 167

  polytheistic religion, 21

  Pompey, Gnaeus, 56–57, 80–81

  Pompey’s Pillar, 48, 60

  Poseidium, 45

  Potheinus, 145

  Pothinos, 85

  Praaspa, 134

  Praefecti, 168

  Proculeius, 195

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  professional mourners, 204

  Psamtik, 177

  psychopaths, major traits of, 117

  psychosomatic illness, 126

  Psylli, 34

  Ptolemaic Canal, 59, 164–170, 218

  Ptolemaic Dynasty, 50, 55, 57, 70, 107

  Ptolemaic Empire, 122

  Ptolemaic pharaohs, 51

  Ptolemaic sphinxes, 48

  Ptolemaic tombs, 193

  Ptolemaic treasury, 30

  Ptolemies and education, 70

  Ptolemy I (Ptolemy Lagide), 51–60

  Ptolemy II, 58–59, 177

  Ptolemy III, 58

  Ptolemy IV, 73–74

  Ptolemy V, 73–74

  Ptolemy VIII, 74

  Ptolemy IX, 74

  Ptolemy X, 74

  Ptolemy XI, 75

  Ptolemy XII, 75

  Ptolemy XIII, 75

  Ptolemy XIV, 75

  Ptolemy intrafamily annihilation, 72

  Ptolemy Keraunos, 72

  Ptolemy Lagide, 70

  Publicola, 147

  Punic Wars, 167

  pyramids, construction of, 26–27

  quinquerimes, 167

  Ramses Station, 43, 174–175

  Red Pyramid, 24

  Red Sea, 59, 163

  Rhakotis, 43

  Rhodes, 45

  Rhodon, 233

  River Cydnus, 132

  Roman Empire and control of Egypt, 21

  Roman History (Dio), 82

  Roman odium, 48

  Saad Zaghloul Square, 191

  Sadat, Anwar, 21–22

  Saladin, 22

  Samos, 182–183

  Saqqara, 26

  Sarapium, 46

  satrap, 58

  Scarpus, Pinarius, 182–183

  scuba diving to see ruins, 48

  seawater, rerouting of, 85

  Second Triumvirate, 57

  Seleucus, 181

  Senate (Roman), 92

  Serapion, 134

  Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, 46–47

  Sextus, 121

  shipbuilding, calculations on, 170

  Siculus, Diodorus, 177

  Silsilah, 48

  Sinai Desert, 169

  Sinai Peninsula, 184

  Siwa, 57–58

  Sneferu, King, 24–27

  society of Partners in Death, 161

  Solar Boat Museum, 166–167

  Sosibios, 73

  Stagni, 193

  step pyramid, 26

  Strabo (geographer), 44, 164, 185

  Suetonius, 34, 109–110

  Sulla, 95

  Syria, 74, 162

  Tahrir Square, 237

  Talaat Harb, 20

  Tapasoris Magna, 233, 235

  Tarentum, 145–146

  Tarsus, 131, 135

  Temple of Augustus, 191

  Temple of Concord, 92

  Temple of Hathor, 49, 61

  Temple of Isis, 30, 196

  Temple of Neptune, 45

  Temple of Saturn, 92

  Thebes (Luxor), 44

  Theodorus, 214

  Third Dynasty, 26

  Timoneion (royal mansion), 45

  Timsah, Lake, 174

  Toruné, 146

  trade routes, 59

  Trajan (Roman emperor), 177

  travel, slowness of, 129

  Trevi Fountain, 92

  trireme, 165

  Trojan War, 52

  Tutankhamen (King Tut), 25

  Valley of the Kings, 25

  vaults (in tombs), 31

  venom experts, 12

  Wadi Hammamat, 164

  Wadi Tumilat, 175

  wailing, 204

  Warrell, David, 36

  waterway, dredging, 174

  weather conditions and military actions, 130

  Western Desert, 24

  wheat, introduction to Egypt, 59

  Zagazig, 174–175

  PAT BROWN has a master’s degree in criminal justice from Boston University. She is the chief executive officer of the Sexual Homicide Exchange (SHE), a nonprofit criminal-profiling and investigative organization offering pro bono services to families and law enforcement to solve cold homicide cases throughout the United States and Canada (www.SHEprofilers.com); the president/consultant of the Pat Brown Criminal Profiling Agency, which provides crime-scene analysis and behavioral profiling to prosecutors, defense attorneys, and international clients (www.patbrownprofiling.com); and a well-known crime commentator on television shows such as Nancy Grace, Jane Velez-Mitchell, the Today show, the Early Show, Inside Edition, Fox and Friends, Larry King Live, and Geraldo at Large. She is the author of How to Save Your Daughter’s Life; Only the Truth; The Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths; and Killing for Sport: Inside the Minds of Serial Killers. She also developed the first criminal-profiling certificate program in the United States for Excelsior College.

 

 

 


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