Written by: Goscinny - Drawings by: Uderzo | Original title: Astérix et Cléopâtre | Published by: Hachette Livre | First published by: Pilote no. 215 (05/12/1963) | First album edition: 1965 | Cartoon film adaptation: Asterix and Cleopatra in 1968
Live-action film adaptation: Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra in 2002
How can lovely Queen Cleopatra show Julius Caesar that ancient Egypt is still a great nation? Her architect Edifis recruits his Gaulish friends to help him build a magnificent palace within three months.
There are villainous saboteurs to be outwitted, but Asterix, Obelix and Getafix still find time to go sight-seeing - and leave their mark on the Pyramids and the Sphinx's nose.