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Cleopatra ruled an empire that included Egypt, Cyprus, part of modern-day Libya and other territories in the Middle East. She first ascended the throne in 51 B.C. with her brother Ptolemy XIII as co-monarch. Following her return to Alexandria at 21-years-old, her surviving half-brother, Ptolemy XIV, was elevated to the position of pharaoh at about age 12.  She was the first Ptolemaic queen with her head and name minted on coins.

Pearls, are known as the Queen of Gems, are a mollusk's response to an irritant. The "invading body" is generally organic, and the mollusk — oyster, mussel, conch — seeks to lessen the irritation and coats the foreign body with a fluid, which in turn results in a pearl.