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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3242090, member: 99456&quot;]1. Not an ENTRY POST</p><p>2. Cleopatra VII - last active ruler of the Ptolemaeic Kingdom, caused all sorts of&nbsp; trouble with Rome, had one child with Julius Caesar and three with Mark Anthony, and I have a coin (Cox 128.?)</p><p>Cleopatra VII, 51-30BC</p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Zeus to right</p><p>Rev: Zeus standing head to right, holding ears of corn on single stalk &amp; scepter</p><p>[ATTACH=full]848742[/ATTACH]</p><p>3. pumpkin pie</p><p>[ATTACH=full]848736[/ATTACH]</p><p>4. The less well know &quot;4th Thanksgiving&quot; : tired of the cold northeast, the pilgrims and indians sailed together for Egypt.&nbsp; Grateful to have survived the journey - they enjoyed a feast of goat, fish from the Nile, and poultry (goose, pigeon, duck, heron, crane) seasoned with salt, pepper, cumin, coriander, sesame, dill and fennel.&nbsp; A variety of vegetables were eaten including onions, leeks, garlic, beans, lettuce, lentils, cabbages, radishes and turnips with a dessert of dates, figs, plums and melons.&nbsp; While some missed the more traditional pumpkin and cranberry sauce, they were not unhappy as they basked in the sunset views of the pyramids and drank local wine.&nbsp; &nbsp; This coin is thought to have been struck to commemorate the event, depicting the preparation of the thanksgiving duck on the obverse and a participant with a large glass of wine on the reverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]848846[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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