Cleopatra's Tax Papyrus

Cleopatra's Tax Papyrus

In 2010, a papyrus document featuring Cleopatra’s handwriting went on display at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute. The document refers to a tax break for a friend of her husband Mark Antony. Cleopatra signed it with a Greek word meaning “make it happen.”

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