Asp is the modern Anglicization of the word Aspis, which in Antiquity referred to any one of several venomous snake species found in the Nile region. Common names: asp asp viper European asp aspic viper more. Vipera aspis is a venomous viper "Ancient" redirects here For other uses see Ancient_(disambiguation. A venomous snake is a Snake that uses modified saliva venom, usually delivered through highly specialized teeth such as hollow fangs for the purpose of Prey The Nile Delta ( Arabic: دلتا النيل) is the delta formed in Northern Egypt ( Lower Egypt) where the Nile River spreads It is believed that the Aspis referred to in Egyptian mythology is the modern Egyptian cobra. The word mythology (from the Greek grc μυθολογία mythología, meaning "a story-telling a legendary lore" Cobras ( are venomous Snakes of the family Elapidae, of several genera, but particularly Naja.

Throughout dynastic and Roman Egypt, the Asp was a symbol of royalty. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC Moreover, in both Egypt and Greece, its potent venom made it useful as a means of execution for criminals who were thought deserving of a more dignified death than that of typical executions. Ancient Egypt was an Ancient Civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca

According to Plutarch (quoted by Ussher), Cleopatra tested various deadly poisons on condemned persons and animals for daily entertainment and concluded that the bite of the Asp was the least terrible way to die; the venom brought sleepiness and heaviness without spasms of pain. Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus ( Greek: Μέστριος Πλούταρχος c James Ussher (sometimes spelled Usher) (4 January 1581–21 March 1656 was Anglican Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland Cleopatra VII Philopator (in Greek, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ; January 69 BC &ndash 30 BC was a Hellenistic ruler of Egypt The Asp is perhaps most famous for its role in Cleopatra's suicide ^[1] (some believe it to have been a horned viper, Cerastes cerastes), as immortalized by both history and legend:

With thy sharp teeth this knot intrinsicate
Of life at once untie: poor venomous fool
Be angry, and dispatch. Common names: Saharan horned viper horned desert viper more. Cerastes cerastes is a venomous viper

—Cleopatra, Act V, scene II, Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

Envenomation is usually followed by swelling, hemorrhage, necrosis, nausea, vomiting and hematuria. Antony and Cleopatra is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare. It was first printed in the First Folio of 1623 William Shakespeare ( baptised Envenomation is the process by which venom is injected into some animal by the bite (or sting of a venomous animal Bleeding, technically known as hemorrhaging / haemorrhaging (see American and British spelling differences) is the loss of Blood from Necrosis (in Greek Νεκρός = "dead" is the name given to unnatural Death of cells and living tissue. Nausea ( Latin: Nausea, Greek:, " Sea-sickness " also called wamble) is the sensation of unease and discomfort Vomiting (also called throwing up, emesis) is the forceful expulsion of the contents of one's Stomach through the Mouth and sometimes the In Medicine, hematuria (or "haematuria" is the presence of Red blood cells (erythrocytes in the Urine. A high phospholipase A2 content may cause cardiotoxicity and myotoxicity. Phospholipases A2 (PLA2s are upstream regulators of many inflammatory processes Cardiotoxicity is the occurrence of heart muscle damage The heart becomes weaker and is not as efficient in pumping and therefore circulating blood Myotoxins are small basic Peptides found in Snake venoms such as in that of certain Rattlesnakes This involves a non-enzymatic mechanism that Studies of venom from both C. cerastes and C. vipera list a total of eight venom fractions, the most powerful of which has hemorrhagic activity. Common names: Saharan horned viper horned desert viper more. Cerastes cerastes is a venomous viper Common names: Sahara sand viper Avicenna viper more. Cerastes vipera is a venomous viper Species Venom yields vary, with anywhere from 19–27 mg to 100 mg of dried venom being reported. An estimated lethal dose for humans is 40–50 mg.

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