習主席19日至23日將對沙特阿拉伯、埃及、伊朗進行國事訪問。

這是中國最高領導人時隔12年后再次踏上尼羅河畔的這片肥沃土地。

古埃及一直以人類最先進文明的姿態(tài)屹立于世幾近3000年。但是，這個以金字塔聞名全球的國度，仍隱藏著一些不為人知的故事。

下面就是一些罕為人知的關于埃及文化的10大奇聞。

1. Cleopatra was not Egyptian.
埃及艷后克里歐佩特拉竟不是埃及人

Along with King Tut, perhaps no figure is more famously associated with ancient Egypt than Cleopatra VII. But while she was born in Alexandria, Cleopatra was actually part of a long line of Greek Macedonians originally descended from Ptolemy I, one of Alexander the Great’s most trusted lieutenants.
說起古埃及，除了圖特王（King Tut），最有名的人物大概就是克里歐佩特拉七世了。盡管她出身于埃及亞歷山大，但她實際上是希臘馬其頓人的后裔，而馬其頓人則是亞歷山大大帝麾下最受信任的將軍托勒密一世的后代。

The Ptolemaic Dynasty ruled Egypt from 323 to 30 B.C., and most of its leaders remained largely Greek in their culture and sensibilities. In fact, Cleopatra was famous for being one of the first members of the Ptolemaic dynasty to actually speak the Egyptian language.
從公元前323年到公元前30年，托勒密王朝統(tǒng)治了埃及，并且大部分君主在文化和情感上都延續(xù)著希臘人的傳統(tǒng)。事實上，克里歐佩特拉聞名于世的原因卻在于她是托勒密王朝第一批會說埃及語的王室成員。