Cleopatra didn’t die of snake bite

London: Experts in the UK have refuted the long-held view that legendary Egyptian queen Cleopatra was killed by a snake bite.

Andrew Gray, Curator of Herpetology at Manchester Museum, said venomous snakes in Egypt — cobras or vipers — would have been too large to get unseen into the queen’s palace. According to ancient accounts, Cleopatra committed suicide by holding a snake to her breast and allowing it to bite her.