Donkey milk even exist). In addition, the flavour and appearance of donkey milk have been found to be attractive to children. Equid (donkey and horse) milk can be considered a suitable substrate for probiotic beverage production. The use of fermented equid milk is an ancient tradition in central Asia, like koumiss or airag, a fermented mares milk very popular in Asia and Russia; but there are also traditional variants made from donkey milk. In Mongolia, where koumiss is the national drink, people have a saying that ‘kumys cures 40 diseases’. It is said that Cleopatra, Queen of Ancient Egypt, took baths in
Cleopatra II of Egypt forced to flee to Syria, where she joined her daughter Cleopatra Thea and her son-in-law Demetrius II Nicator. A public reconciliation of Cleopatra II and Ptolemy VIII was declared in 124 BC. After this she ruled jointly with her brother and daughter until June 116 BC when Ptolemy died. Ptolemy VIII left the kingdom to be ruled by Cleopatra III and one of their sons. At the wishes of the Alexandrians, Cleopatra III chose Ptolemy Lathyros, her elder son, as her co-ruler. Cleopatra II disappeared from historical records sometime around October 116 BC. She is believed to have died in