Cleopatra
 ascended the throne at the age of 17 and died at the age of 39. She 
spoke 9 languages. She knew the language of Ancient Egypt and had 
learned to read hieroglyphics, a unique case in her dynasty. Apart from 
this, she knew Greek and the languages of the Parthians, Hebrews, 
Medes, Troglodytes, Syrians, Ethiopians, and Arabs.
 With
 this knowledge, any book in the world was open to her. In addition to 
languages, she studied geography, history, astronomy, international 
diplomacy, mathematics, alchemy, medicine, zoology, economics, and other
 disciplines. She tried to access all the knowledge of her time.
 Cleopatra
 spent a lot of time in a kind of ancient laboratory. She wrote some 
works related to herbs and cosmetics. Unfortunately, all her books were 
destroyed in the fire of the great Library of Alexandria in 391 AD. C. 
The famous physicist Galen studied her work and was able to transcribe 
some of the recipes devised by Cleopatra.