Queen Cleopatra, celebrated for her love affairs with Roman rulers Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, inherited the throne of Egypt at age 17 and dodged assassination to rule for over 20 years. But to this day, her death on Aug 12, 30 BC, at the age of 39 remains shrouded in mystery. 

As the last Pharaoh to rule Egypt, her extraordinary life was filled with enigma and intrigue, as was her strange and untimely death. For two millennia, historians have recorded only one cause of death – suicide by snakebite.