“There is still debate over her complete ancestry, but she was definitely descended from Ptolemy I Soter, one of Alexander the Great’s generals. The Romans tried to portray her as a promiscuous seductress who used her beauty for political gain, but she was actually incredibly brilliant. She was proficient in a dozen languages and was educated in mathematics, philosophy, and astronomy.”
All the random tidbits feel like a way for the author to let loose their own tidbits. They're not even INTERESTING tidbits. This is a tidbit anyone who had an Egypt phase as a child/teen (and there are many of us out there) could trot out.
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