The Secret Life of Cleopatra and the Last Days of Ancient Egypt | History for Sleep

More than two thousand years ago, a white city on the edge of the sea held the wealth and knowledge of the entire ancient world. Alexandria was home to a lighthouse so tall it could guide ships from miles offshore, the body of Alexander the Great, and a queen who could speak to every nation in its own tongue. This is the story of Cleopatra, the last pharaoh of Egypt, and the glittering world she inherited. We trace her life through the crowded streets of ancient Alexandria, past the harbour where the masts stood thick as a winter wood, and into the grand palaces along the eastern shore. Along the way we visit the Lighthouse of Pharos, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, explore the city's vast and many-voiced harbour district, and follow a woman the whole world has heard of and almost no one truly knows. Subscribe for more long, calm journeys into the ancient world, made for quiet nights and slow, easy sleep.