Cleopatra Philopator, the last queen of Egypt, is remembered for her aquiline nose, her poisonous charms that bewitched Caesar and Mark Antony, and her murderous schemes.

Yet no one seems to remember that she spoke 10 languages and had read all the ancient philosophers. Could it be that the truth about her has been distorted by history? Twenty centuries after her reign, the queen has emerged from her mausoleum, and we find her sitting facing the bay of Alexandria, contemplating her sunken kingdom.