Posts tagged with Egypt

Immortal Sex and Beauty Icon Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile, Took Her Own Life by Applying a Venomous Snake to Her Breast on This Date, 2,038 Years Ago.

Her rule of ancient Egypt is legendary.

She provided a signature role for screen vamps Theda Bara and Elizabeth Taylor.

She has served as the subject of numerous highbrow and lowbrow films alike.

And she laid down some of the most crucial cornerstones of goth-girl culture.

For those reasons, among others, Cleopatra lives on as one of humanity's -- and, especially, Hollywood's -- truly timeless glamor goddesses.

Learn more, and see some naked pyramids, after the jump.