Tradition says she had herself rolled up in a rug & delivered to Caesar
[DOC] [TLE] CLEOPATRA VII: - Ancient Egypt - Tripod [PAR] Cleopatra heard that Julius Caesar was in the palace in Alexandria, she had one 
of her servants deliver her to Caeasr in a rug rolled up and offered as a gift ... 
Cleopatra took refuge in the mausoleum she had had built for herself.