埃及冷知識：埃及豔后並不是埃及人

埃及豔后並不是埃及人

提到古埃及，知名度最大的歷史人物應該就是埃及豔后了，也就是克里奧帕特拉七世 Cleopatra VII

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然而，這個古代美妝界的扛把子其實並不算埃及人，她是個在埃及出生的希臘人。

Along with King Tut, perhaps no figure is more famously associated with ancient Egypt than Cleopatra VII. But while she was born in Alexandria, Cleopatra was actually part of a long line of Greek Macedonians originally descended from Ptolemy I, one of Alexander the Great’s most trusted lieutenants. The Ptolemaic Dynasty ruled Egypt from 323 to 30 B.C., and most of its leaders remained largely Greek in their culture and sensibilities. In fact, Cleopatra was famous for being one of the first members of the Ptolemaic dynasty to actually speak the Egyptian language.

除了圖坦卡蒙國王，古埃及最有名的人物可能就是克利奧帕特拉七世了。儘管克利奧帕特拉出生於亞歷山大港，但她實際上是希臘馬其頓人的後代，而馬其頓人是亞歷山大大帝最信任的副官之一托勒密一世的後代。從公元前323年到公元前30年，埃及是由托勒密王朝統治的，且其多數領袖在文化和情感基礎上基本仍屬希臘人。事實上，克利奧帕特拉作爲托勒密王朝第一批真正會講埃及語的人之一而出名。