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A story as old as time, Cleopatra is returned to life, after her tragic departure.

紀元前 30 年の曇り空の 8 月、太陽が雲間から差し込み、宮殿の建築物に金色のレリーフを浮かび上がらせていたとき、エジプトのファラオ、クレオパトラ 7 世は悲しみに暮れ、アレクサンドリアの宮殿の敷地内に建てた霊廟に閉じこもりました。
すると宮殿では、女王の気分が悪く、誰もが自殺したと思っているという噂が広まりました。そのような知らせに恐れをなし、そのようなささやきを重く受け止めようとしなかったマルクス アントニーは、すぐにそれに倣おうとして自らの剣で自分を刺しましたが、その知らせが大げさに誇張されたものであることがわかりました。最愛の人は生きていたのです。そしてなんとか生き延びて、彼女の側に駆け寄ることができました。

クレオパトラが生き残ったことを知ったアントニーは、まだ生きる力はあるものの、大量の血を失ったかのように立ち上がろうとしました。命を絶望した彼は、傍観者に記念碑まで運んでくれるよう頼みました。

クレオパトラはイラスとシャルミオンという2人の侍女とともに霊廟に閉じこもっていたが、彼はそこに入り込むことができた。

そこで、アントニーはクレオパトラの腕の中で息を引き取った。

アントニーを腕に抱き、正装と宝石をまとった女王は、密かに持ち込まれた身もだえする毒蛇を掴み、その蛇を裸の胸に近づけた。エジプトのコブラは致命的な噛みつきを与えたが、狙いを外して腕を噛んだ。39歳の女王は自殺した。悪事は素早く行われた。

女王はローマの基準に従って名誉ある死を遂げた。クレオパトラの最後の行為は、彼女の最高の行為だった。

その後、彼女の埋葬の要望に関するメモがオクタヴィアヌスに届けられた。

そこでオクタヴィアヌスは、ローマの災いの元凶であった女性の死に非常に憤慨し、畏敬の念と怒りの間で揺れ動いた。彼女の高潔な精神を称賛しつつも、同時に苦悩し、その知らせを聞いて極度の悲しみに打ちひしがれた。

クレオパトラは当時のローマの偉大な二人を魅了したが、三人目のせいで自ら命を絶った。

彼女の体に残った痕跡は腕のわずかな刺し傷だけだった。毒蛇は水瓶に隠して密かに彼女の体内に持ち込まれた。

彼女の体に毒のしみやその他の兆候は現れず、彼女の体を蝕むことはなかった。その爬虫類は無傷で部屋から脱出し、海へと向かった。

エジプト神話では、毒蛇は王族の象徴だった。したがって、女王が旅立つにはふさわしい方法であり、痛みを和らげるためにオオカミ毒とアヘンの混合物が使われた。

黄金の治世の悲劇的な終わり。

アレクサンドリアとトニスはすぐにかつての栄光にふさわしくない道に陥った。

その後 400 年間、都市と衛星都市は賑やかに暮らしていましたが、地震が発生し、続いて壊滅的な津波が起こりました。アレクサンドリアとトニスは海に流され、1000 年以上も姿を現しませんでした。

ユネスコとブルー シールドは、これら 2 つの重要な歴史的自治体は略奪者から安全であると考えていました。

On an overcast August day in 30 B.C., sun streaming through the clouds to strike golden relief on Palace architectures, the Egyptian pharaoh Cleopatra VII locked herself in a mausoleum that she’d built on the palace grounds in Alexandria, grief stricken.

Whereupon a rumor spread about the Palace of the mood of the queen, that all therein supposed she had gone to kill herself. Horrified at such news and not thinking to give weight to such whispers, Mark Antony immediately tried to follow suit, stabbing himself with his own sword, but then learned the messages were greatly exaggerated; his dearest was alive. Managing then to survive long enough to struggle to her side.

On learning of Cleopatra's survival, Antony attempted to stand, as if he had still the power to live, but had lost much blood. Despaired of his life, he besought those bystanding to carry him to the monument.

Though Cleopatra had shut herself in her mausoleum with two handmaidens, Iras and Charmion, he gained access. 

There, Antony died in Cleopatra’s arms. 

With Antony in her arms, and dressed in her formal robes and jewels, the queen grasped a writhing asp that had been smuggled to her, bringing the serpent to her bare breast, the Egyptian cobra administered the fatal bite, missing the intended target and biting her on the arm. The 39 year old queen had killed herself. The mischief had been swift.

The queen died in an honorable way according to Roman standards. Cleopatra’s final act was her finest one.

After, a note was delivered to Octavian about her burial requests.

Whereupon, Octavian wavered between awe and anger much vexed at the death of the woman who was the bane of Rome, at once anguished, though admiring her lofty spirit, tempered with excessive grief upon hearing the news. 

Cleopatra had captivated the two greatest Romans of her day, and because of the third, she destroyed herself.

The only marks on her body were slight pricks on her arm. The asp had been smuggled in to her in a water jar.

Neither spot nor other sign of poison broke out to spoil her body. The reptile escaped the chamber unharmed, heading to the sea.

In Egyptian mythology the asp was a symbol of royalty. Thus, a fitting way for a queen to depart, eased by a mixture of wolfsbane and opium for the pain.

A tragic end to a golden reign.

Alexandria and Thonis soon fell into ways unbecoming their former glory.

For the next four hundred years, the city and satellites lived it up, then an earthquake struck, followed by a devastating tsunami. Alexandria and Thonis were washed into the sea, not to be seen again for over a thousand years.

It was thought by UNESCO and Blue shield, that these two important historic municipalities were safe from looters.

PROLOGUE    INNER CIRCLE OF SIX - Nazi funded medical human research laboratories Joseph Mengele's Fourth Reich escape to Brazil reserve plan.

CHAPTER 1.   THE POISON ASP - Pharaoh Queen Cleopatra takes her own life in a suicide pact with Mark Antony

CHAPTER 2.   WRATH OF THE GODS - The destruction of Thonis and Alexandria 365 AD

CHAPTER 3.   NEW WORLD ORDER - A Neo-Nazi plan to regenerate Aryan supremacy

CHAPTER 4.   CYBERCORE GENETICA - Nano computer technology is purchased at an auction by a religious sect.

CHAPTER 5.   INCUBUS - Italian scientist Franco Francisco invents a cloning machine and is head hunted by Neuwelt Rittertum

CHAPTER 6.   SPLICE - Klaus and Eva Kolreuter's search for everlasting life, the fountain of youth

CHAPTER 7.   TREMORS - Cleopatra's tomb lay lost for centuries. Until a shift in the tectonic plates triggered a tremor off the coast of Alexandria.

CHAPTER 8.   PANAMANIAN RUNNING MAN - Backpacker Majorie Boyle's Blog features Panama running at incredible speed

CHAPTER 9.   THE AMAZON - The largest river by discharge volume, 2nd longest after the Nile

CHAPTER 10. TOMB RAIDERS - Safiya Sabuka and Musa Bomani dive among sifting sands to discover precious artifacts and golden treasures.

CHAPTER 11. SCOTLAND YARD - Metropolitan police headquarters in London, Harold Holland, Chief Constable

CHAPTER 12. OPERATION ALEXANDRIA - Neo-Nazi occultists recover Cleopatra's sarcophagus from underwater tomb near Palace.

CHAPTER 13. KIDNAP - Charley is taken prisoner by Neuwelt Rittertum near Manaus, along the Amazon River

CHAPTER 14. UNESCO - Catholic Church fear grave desecration heritage theft, asks agencies for help. Interpol issue Red Notice.

CHAPTER 15. REPLICANT - The Society reproduce Cleopatra using Francisco's RepliVator™, uploading synapse sequence and implanted memories.

CHAPTER 16. FULL STEAM AHEAD - Storm speeds to Thonis, then uses the Swann's AI sensors and the Ark database to find tomb has been plundered.

CHAPTER 17. RITUAL FERTILIZATION - The Baron prepares a drugged Cleopatra for ceremonial impregnation.

CHAPTER 18. SANCTUM INTERRUPTUS - John finds secret Nazi hideout near Alexandria, disturbs ritual - rescues Cleopatra, arresting conspirators.

CHAPTER 19. THE CHOSEN ONE - The reincarnated Cleopatra falls for her rescuer. John comes under her spell, despite her being a replicant.

CHAPTER 20. MILITARY INTERVENTION - The military detain Cleopatra to appease stakeholders, despite media & medical protests. Storm distraught.

CHAPTER 21. DÉJÀ VU - History repeats itself, military lock up technology as gross violation of human rights, John left disillusioned:  FINALE FOR NOW

CLEOPATRA WAITED IN THE AFTERLIFE FOR EVENTUAL REBIRTH, HER SARCOPHAGUS AND MUMMY PROTECTED BY ANUBIS - UNTIL DISCOVERY TWO THOUSAND YEARS LATER WHEN SHE IS REBORN INTO THE 21ST CENTURY

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