Kathleen Martinez has toiled for three years in Egypt looking for Cleopatra 's tomb . Shortly afterward , Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide , he by his own sword , she by a poisonous asp . Martinez says the Egyptian queen has gotten an unfair reputation over the centuries . Cleopatra spoke nine languages and was a philosopher and poet , Martinez says . She also had many children with her first husband ( who died before she married him ). That debate rages on .
Kathleen Martinez has toiled for three years in Egypt looking for Cleopatra 's tomb . Martinez says the Egyptian queen has gotten an unfair reputation over the centuries . Cleopatra spoke nine languages and was a philosopher and poet , Martinez says . She also had many children with her first husband ( who died before she married him ). That debate rages on .