This video [2:34] discusses what killed Cleopatra. Legend has it that Cleopatra took her own life by succumbing willingly to the bite of a cobra. If this story is true, was suicide by snake venom an easy way to go, or did the last Egyptian pharaoh die in excruciating pain?

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• Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)