12 OCTOBER 2020

Two priests were discovered in the temple of Taposiris Magna, west of Alexandria which led people to believe that this is the ancient resting place of Cleopatra herself. 

This discovery was made around 2019 when Zahi Hawass released a public statement in which he claimed that he may have uncovered Cleopatra’s tomb in the temple of Taposiris Magna, around 45 kilometers away from Alexandria.

However, this may have been mistranslated, as new studies confirm the fact that the Last Egyptian Queen's tomb is thought to be somewhere underwater in the Mediterranean. 

After the two mummies were discovered in Taposiris Magna, more people are starting to believe that Cleopatra’s remains might be somewhere inside of that temple. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2019 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS - KATHLEEN MARTINEZ &  ZAHI HAWASS

EGYPT - archaeologist Kathleen Martinez made a phenomenal discovery in the hunt for Queen Cleopatra after finding two mummies of high-ranking officials in. The search for Cleopatra however continues.

 

Kathleen Martinez, is the Dominican head archaeologist that led the team that handled the excavations on site for over fourteen years.

According to media reports archeologists from the University of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic have discovered 16 new burial shafts inside the old Taposiris Magna Temple a historical landmark in Egypt.

The temple at Taposiris Magna that contained the mummy was dedicated to Osiris the ancient Egyptian Lord of the Underworld who was worshipped by Greek leaders in Egypt who honored the old traditions. Willing to discover where several antiquities were coming from that were flooding the black market he came to Luxor from Cairo with that objective. In a rather unique archaeological discovery mummies with golden tongues have been found in an ancient Egyptian burial ground.

The lover of Julius Caesar, then Marc Antony, found herself on the losing end of a war; Cleopatra killed herself in 30 BC. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

Queen Cleopatra's royal barge, last of the Pharoahs

 

 

 

  

 

 

Egyptian boat building - Khufu's royal barge - solar boat for the afterlife