Magic of the Afterlife

Once a striking beauty with sharp eyes and sun-warmed skin, Berenice IV ruled Egypt with fierce ambition and unyielding pride. Draped in fine linen and crowned with gold and lapis, she moved through her court with divine authority—admired, feared, and impossible to ignore. Brilliant and defiant, she seized the throne during her father Ptolemy XII’s exile and ruled without hesitation. When he returned with foreign armies, betrayal followed. Captured and condemned, Berenice faced death in regal silence, refusing to beg or bow. Mummified in royal tradition—anointed with resins, wrapped in sacred linen, sealed with protective charms—her body was preserved for eternity. But the rituals safeguarded more than flesh. They preserved her will. Now, centuries later, she lies beneath museum lights, outwardly serene, inwardly restless. Each night between dusk and dawn, Berenice stirs once more—ambition intact, curiosity awakened, a queen who refuses to remain merely history.

Berenice IV