Round 5: Tossup 14

To bring her husband home from war, a queen of this region apocryphally offered her hair as a sacrifice, causing it to turn into a constellation. A dynasty that ruled in this region fought six wars against the Seleucid (“suh-LOO-sid”) Empire over the region of Coele-Syria (“KOY-lay-SEAR-ee-uh”). The founder of that dynasty that ruled this region buried Alexander the Great (-5[1])in his territory (10[1])and took the epithet “Soter.” (-5[1])The worship of syncretic deities such as Serapis (10[1])began in this region. (-5[2])After the Battle of Actium, (-5[1])the suicide of a ruler in this region led to the end of its Ptolemaic dynasty. (10[2])For 10 points, Cleopatra VII died (10[1])in what modern-day country that contains (10[1])the Pyramids of Giza? ■END■ (10[2])

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