Tomb robbers are known for robbing very famous tombs. Cleopatra was the queen of Egypt, and there was many rumors about how she was covered in food and wealth. Tomb robbers usually go for the tombs that they will know there is a lot of gold. The one thing is there is a cruise on the tombs, it’s a risk to go rob a tomb. There was once someone who had robbed a tomb and never came out.
Eron research egypt.mrdonn.org/graverobbers.html 11/23/2015 Tomb robbers are known for robbing very famous tombs.
Cleopatra was the queen of Egypt, and there was many rumors about how she was covered in food and wealth. Tomb robbers usually go for the tombs that they will know there is a lot of gold.
cleopatra - While Cleopatra was born in Egypt, she traced her family origins to Macedonian Greece and Ptolemy I Soter, one of Alexander the Great’s generals. Ptolemy took the reigns of Egypt after Alexander’s death in 323 B.C., and he launched a dynasty of Greek-speaking rulers that lasted for nearly three centuries. Despite not being ethnically Egyptian, Cleopatra embraced many of her country’s ancient customs and was the first member of the Ptolemaic line to learn the Egyptian language. Something that most people don’t know about her ruling is that she had had hand in the deaths of her three siblings so that she could be queen. Power grabs and murder plots were as much a Ptolemaic tradition as family marriage, and Cleopatra and her brothers and sisters were no different. Her first sibling-husband, Ptolemy XIII, ran her out of Egypt after she tried to take sole possession of the throne, and the pair later faced off in a civil war. Cleopatra regained the upper hand by teaming with Julius Caesar, and Ptolemy drowned in the Nile River after being defeated in battle. Following the war, Cleopatra remarried to her younger brother Ptolemy XIV, but she is believed to have had him murdered in a bid to make her son her co-ruler. In 41 B.C., she also engineered the execution of her sister, Arsinoe, who she considered a rival to throne.Cleopatra believed herself to be a living goddess, and she often used clever stagecraft to woo potential allies and reinforce her divine status. A famous example of her flair for the dramatic came in 48 B.C., when Julius Caesar arrived in Alexandria during her feud with her brother Ptolemy XIII. Knowing Ptolemy’s forces would thwart her attempts to meet with the Roman general, Cleopatra had herself wrapped in a carpet, some sources say it was a linen sack, and smuggled into his personal quarters. Caesar was dazzled by the sight of the young queen in her royal garb, and the two soon became allies and lovers. Cleopatra later employed a similar bit of theater in her 41 B.C. encounter with Mark Antony. When summoned to meet the Roman Triumvir in Tarsus, she is said to have arrived on a golden barge adorned with purple sails and rowed by oars made of silver. Cleopatra had been made up to look like the goddess Aphrodite, and she sat beneath a gilded canopy while attendants dressed as cupids fanned her and burned sweet-smelling incense. Antony—who considered himself the embodiment of the Greek god Dionysus—was instantly enchanted. Although she was not known for her beauty she was known for her attraction to men. She was thought to have affairs with very famous Roman men which included Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony. She actually had a son with Julius. Records prove that she married her younger brother when he was only 12 years old.
mummification 10/28/15
This website seemed reliable because it was an educational website where people retain information. Also, it was from a museum, the smithsonian, which means it probably has only true information that is not in any added to.
All of these resources have information about Cleopatra herself and her ruling - http://www.touregypt.net/cleopatr.htm 10/23/15 This was a tourist site so it kind of had to have accurate information.
This website talks about tomb raiders and a story about their raid. The article talks and explains about some of the legends and curses about what will happen to people the raid tombs and what will happen to the mummy. The article is a story about a couple men raiding a tomb in ancient Egypt.
This website shows some female names in Ancient Egypt. We looked up some names because our names do not fall into the time frame of Ancient Egypt.
Marcus -[Links]-
__http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/robbery.htm__ -[11/25/15]- The tombs of wealthy citizens, high officials, and pharaohs were most at risk, due to them having an abundance of items, most of high value. However, this does not mean smaller, unimportant tombs were robbed from time to time.
Tomb robbers are known for robbing very famous tombs. Cleopatra was the queen of Egypt, and there was many rumors about how she was covered in food and wealth. Tomb robbers usually go for the tombs that they will know there is a lot of gold. The one thing is there is a cruise on the tombs, it’s a risk to go rob a tomb. There was once someone who had robbed a tomb and never came out.
Eron research
egypt.mrdonn.org/graverobbers.html 11/23/2015
Tomb robbers are known for robbing very famous tombs.
__www.historyembalmed.org/egyptian-tombs/tomb-robbers.htm__ 11/23/2015
Cleopatra was the queen of Egypt, and there was many rumors about how she was covered in food and wealth. Tomb robbers usually go for the tombs that they will know there is a lot of gold.
__https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_robbery__ 1123/2015
The one thing is there is a cruise on the tombs, it’s a risk to go rob a tomb.
Gabe research
__http://www.historyembalmed.org/egyptian-tombs/tomb-robbers.htm__ 11/23/2015
this site explains why the egyptians believed tomb robbery a dangerous practice
__http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/the-egyptian-pyramids__ 11/23/2015
This site explains how and why the egyptians built the pyramids
__http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/tutrobbery.htm__ 11/23/2015
this site talks about the tomb robbery of tut’s tombs
Nashua-
cleopatra - While Cleopatra was born in Egypt, she traced her family origins to Macedonian Greece and Ptolemy I Soter, one of Alexander the Great’s generals. Ptolemy took the reigns of Egypt after Alexander’s death in 323 B.C., and he launched a dynasty of Greek-speaking rulers that lasted for nearly three centuries. Despite not being ethnically Egyptian, Cleopatra embraced many of her country’s ancient customs and was the first member of the Ptolemaic line to learn the Egyptian language. Something that most people don’t know about her ruling is that she had had hand in the deaths of her three siblings so that she could be queen. Power grabs and murder plots were as much a Ptolemaic tradition as family marriage, and Cleopatra and her brothers and sisters were no different. Her first sibling-husband, Ptolemy XIII, ran her out of Egypt after she tried to take sole possession of the throne, and the pair later faced off in a civil war. Cleopatra regained the upper hand by teaming with Julius Caesar, and Ptolemy drowned in the Nile River after being defeated in battle. Following the war, Cleopatra remarried to her younger brother Ptolemy XIV, but she is believed to have had him murdered in a bid to make her son her co-ruler. In 41 B.C., she also engineered the execution of her sister, Arsinoe, who she considered a rival to throne.Cleopatra believed herself to be a living goddess, and she often used clever stagecraft to woo potential allies and reinforce her divine status. A famous example of her flair for the dramatic came in 48 B.C., when Julius Caesar arrived in Alexandria during her feud with her brother Ptolemy XIII. Knowing Ptolemy’s forces would thwart her attempts to meet with the Roman general, Cleopatra had herself wrapped in a carpet, some sources say it was a linen sack, and smuggled into his personal quarters. Caesar was dazzled by the sight of the young queen in her royal garb, and the two soon became allies and lovers.
Cleopatra later employed a similar bit of theater in her 41 B.C. encounter with Mark Antony. When summoned to meet the Roman Triumvir in Tarsus, she is said to have arrived on a golden barge adorned with purple sails and rowed by oars made of silver. Cleopatra had been made up to look like the goddess Aphrodite, and she sat beneath a gilded canopy while attendants dressed as cupids fanned her and burned sweet-smelling incense. Antony—who considered himself the embodiment of the Greek god Dionysus—was instantly enchanted. Although she was not known for her beauty she was known for her attraction to men. She was thought to have affairs with very famous Roman men which included Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony. She actually had a son with Julius. Records prove that she married her younger brother when he was only 12 years old.
mummification 10/28/15
This website seemed reliable because it was an educational website where people retain information. Also, it was from a museum, the smithsonian, which means it probably has only true information that is not in any added to.
All of these resources have information about Cleopatra herself and her ruling -
http://www.touregypt.net/cleopatr.htm 10/23/15
This was a tourist site so it kind of had to have accurate information.
http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/cleopatra 10/25.15
This website was updated very recently and overall it has a lot of information, not just about cleopatra but also about all of Egypt
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/07/cleopatra/brown-text 10/27/15
National geographic is a website that is trusted by many people and can be used as a reliable resource. Only proffesional people are able to contribute to it.
tomb robers
This website gave me some insite on the afterlife of the dead in Ancient Egypt and the actual art of tomb robbing.
Nina-
http://www.ancient-origins.net/history/tomb-curses-ancient-egypt-magical-incantations-dead-003228
This website talks about tomb raiders and a story about their raid. The article talks and explains about some of the legends and curses about what will happen to people the raid tombs and what will happen to the mummy. The article is a story about a couple men raiding a tomb in ancient Egypt.
http://www.egyptianmyths.net/grave.htm
This article talks about the myths and mythology of the tomb robbers and the religion of Egypt.
http://virtualkemet.com/perankh/namesfemale.htm
This website shows some female names in Ancient Egypt. We looked up some names because our names do not fall into the time frame of Ancient Egypt.
Marcus -[Links]-
__http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/robbery.htm__ -[11/25/15]-
The tombs of wealthy citizens, high officials, and pharaohs were most at risk, due to them having an abundance of items, most of high value. However, this does not mean smaller, unimportant tombs were robbed from time to time.
__http://www.williamtolan.com/fno/EGYPT/story5.htm__ -[11/25/15]-
Generalization of tomb robbers/robbery.
__http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/archaeology/valley-of-the-kings/__ -[11/25/15]-
Valley of The Kings. Setting/location of story.