, ▁entitled ▁" A fr ican ▁War rior ▁Queens " ▁for ▁" Black ▁Women ▁in ▁Anti qu ity ." ▁She ▁notes ▁the ▁ess ay ▁was ▁largely ▁drawn ▁on ▁the ▁writ ings ▁of ▁Rog ers ▁with ▁Clar ke ' s ▁added ▁" support ing ▁information ▁of ▁his ▁own " ▁that ▁includes ▁his ▁claim ▁Cle op atra ▁described ▁herself ▁as ▁black ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁Testament ' s ▁Book ▁of ▁Act s ▁– ▁when ▁in ▁fact ▁Cle op atra ▁had ▁died ▁more ▁than ▁si xty ▁years ▁before ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Jesus ▁Christ . ▁She ▁also ▁notes ▁that ▁if ▁Cle op atra ' s ▁pat ernal ▁grand m other ▁was ▁Egypt ian ▁and ▁that ▁is ▁how ▁she ▁learned ▁Egypt ian , ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁more ▁likely ▁for ▁Cle op atra ' s ▁father ▁P to le my ▁XII ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁first ▁P to le my ▁to ▁learn ▁Egypt ian ▁instead ▁of ▁Cle op atra ▁( not ing ▁those ▁like ▁Rog ers ▁and ▁Clar ke ▁never ▁mention ▁him ), ▁who ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁P to le ma ic ▁dynast y ▁known ▁to ▁have ▁learned ▁Egypt ian ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁her ▁native ▁tongue ▁Ko ine ▁Greek ▁and ▁eight ▁other ▁languages . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁a ▁BBC ▁document ary ▁spec ulated ▁that ▁Ar s ino e ▁IV , ▁the ▁half - s ister ▁of ▁Cle op atra ▁VII , ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁part ▁North ▁African ▁and ▁then ▁further ▁spec ulated ▁that ▁Cle op atra ' s ▁mother , ▁thus ▁Cle op