Cleopatra: Cracking The Enigma

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Cleopatra: Cracking The Enigma

The oldest cold-case in history. How did Cleopatra die? And where is her tomb? To try to find her trace, we must understand the Egyptian funeral rites. Life after death is an essential point in their beliefs. The greatest specialists help us to decipher the customs and tradition...

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Season 1
At a depth of 7 metres on an area of 1,000 m2, the elements of a mysterious ancient monument lie in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Alexandria in Egypt. For almost 30 years, the French explorer Franck Goddio has been trying in the greatest secrecy to make these remains speak and to restore them in 3D for the first time...
The last queen of Egypt was a brilliant strategist. In a Mediterranean world under Roman domination, Cleopatra managed to ascend the throne despite many obstacles. She will write her reign in history thanks to her choices, her sometimes cruel decisions but also her famous love alliances with Julius Caesar and then Mark Ant...
Cleopatra is the seventh in her family to bear this name, but she is the one who will go down in history. Born into an intriguing dynasty, that of the Ptolemies, she will be the heir to three centuries of shenanigans, plots and murders. Where did these Ptolemies, the last pharaohs of Egypt of Greek origin, come from? How d...
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