CNN: Poison, not snake, killed Cleopatra, scholar says

"Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, died from drinking a mixture of poisons and not from a snake bite, a German historian said Wednesday. The theory by Christoph Schaefer, a professor of ancient history at Trier University, challenges the common, centuries-old belief that Cleopatra committed suicide with the bite of an asp."

URL: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/06/30/cleopatra.suicide/index.html