by Stephanie Dray | Apr 9, 2012 | Miscellany, Other Writers
Guest Post by Veronica Scott, author of the Paranormal Romance Priestess of the Nile It’s a hot, sunny, lazy afternoon in Ancient Egypt. Having finished his duties for the day, Pharaoh wants to relax with his beautiful wife and young son, but the boy is restless,...
by Stephanie Dray | Jul 7, 2011 | Fun Stuff
It’s a good time to be an archeologist in Egypt, especially since satellites have been helping out. This latest find might not seem important, but is directly relevant to the time period that Cleopatra Selene lived in. According to this article, the earliest...
by Stephanie Dray | Jun 21, 2011 | For Readers, Fun Stuff, Interviews, Lily of the Nile, Song of the Nile
This isn’t your typical promo interview. This is an NPR-style in-depth discussion of the life of Cleopatra Selene and Juba. Other than my hideous mispronunciations and my niggling fear that I wasn’t quite precise enough in some of my answers, I think it...
by Stephanie Dray | Aug 3, 2010 | Cleopatra Selene
When Cleopatra was wooing Marc Antony, she bet him that she could spend an outrageous fortune on a single meal. He doubted her. In response, she is said to have dissolved a valuable pearl in vinegar and gulped it down. But is the story true? No one knows for certain,...
by Stephanie Dray | Jul 5, 2010 | Cleopatra Selene, FAQ, Research
The story of Cleopatra’s death, as handed down to us by her conqueror, is that she killed herself by means of a poisonous snake. According to Suetonius, the stunned Octavian summoned snake charming Psylli to suck the poison from puncture wounds found on her arm....