Then the carpet was taken to the palace where caesar was staying.
Cleopatra rolled out on a carpet.
Cleopatra received caesar in her own unique way.
A year later caesar was assassinated.
In 48 bc the resourceful cleopatra forbidden by her brother ptolemy xiii to meet with the roman general had herself wrapped in a carpet or according to some historians a linen sack and smuggled into caesar s quarters.
Julius caesar arrived in egypt and met a 22 year old cleopatra rolled in a carpet supposedly.
But what is known is that a hundred and fifty years later the young queen of egypt cleopatra showed up in caesar s alexandria headquarters wrapped in a carpet almost certainly made in north africa.
Whilst this was going on from out of the shadows a carpet rolled towards the romans and out popped cleopatra.
Cleopatra had herself rolled up in a rug or a mat or a laundry sack there are various versions of this story because caesar summoned her to alexandria to try to get her and her brother to.
She lay down on a carpet.
We ve all heard the following story.
The romans burst in laughter and clapped along with the song.
Taking them by surprise cleopatra turned on her beat box and started to play walk like an egyptian on her father s old flute.
The guards saw some.
Rolled up in a carpet cleopatra surprises caesar what part berber carpets may have played in that defeat is a matter of speculation.
Cleopatra knowing that her brother and his cronies would stop her from attending an audience with caesar rolled herself up in a carpet or a burlap sack depending on who you believe and had.
Then her servants rolled up the carpet with cleopatra inside.
As outlined in amy crawford s smithsonian article it is often said that cleopatra came up with a scheme to sneak herself into the palace where caesar was staying by hiding inside a rolled up carpet.
Cleopatra had herself rolled up in a rug or a mat or a laundry sack there are various versions of this story because caesar summoned her to alexandria to try to get her and her brother to.
Caesar and cleopatra left alexandria for rome in 45 b c.