Cleopatra's Daughter

Shila, Cleopatra's daughter was left in Assyria for safety, in care of the King and Queen of Assyria during the war with Rome but now 20 years later, unknown to her, her mother and father are dead. The young hypochondriatic Pharoah Nemorat, has been ruling Egypt with his mother queen Tigi, but now she feels it is time he should be married. Nemorat wanted to conquer Assyria but Tegi thought it would be a better idea if he married Shila because she thought it was about time he married. It would also legitimize his claim to the throne because of Shila's lineage and the combination of Egypt and Assyria would make a stronger united country. Shila finally agrees to marry Nemorat only if her people who are imprisoned by the Egyptians can go free. But she reacts in horror when told of her parents and brother's deaths. Resi, the Pharaoh's court doctor, gently consoles her. Over time Shila eventually falls in love with Resi and when Nemorat dies, in his dying breath he accuses Shila of killing him and tells her he wants her to be buried alive with him in his newly completed pyramid. But Resi is already making plans to help her.