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Dr Kathleen Martinez has been searching for the elusive tomb of Cleopatra VII for nearly two decades, and now believes she ...

One of the most significant is a white marble statue of a woman adorned with a royal crown, which a leading expert believes reveals the face of Cleopatra VII, Daily News Egypt reported.

Here’s how it works. Cleopatra VII may have been the most famous woman in the ancient world. She was the last of a dynasty that ruled ancient Egypt for around 300 years, from the death of ...

For decades, scientists had identified the skeleton as that of Arsinoe IV, the doomed half-sister of Cleopatra VII, one of Egypt's most famous queens. But a groundbreaking new analysis by ...

A visitor views the busts of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (ruled 51-30 BC), the last Ptolemaic queen of Egypt, and the Roman general Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony), displayed alongside a statue ...

The main temple at the ancient city of Taposiris Magna has been suggested as the possible resting place of Cleopatra VII.

The Roman period in Egypt began in 30 B.C. after ... Archaeologists also unearthed 337 coins, many of which depict Cleopatra VII, near the busts. In addition, they found a variety of other ...

Granger Collection, New York Cleopatra VII ruled Egypt for 21 years a generation before the birth of Christ. She lost her kingdom once; regained it; nearly lost it again; amassed an empire ...

Archaeologist Kathleen Martinez believes a marble statue discovered at a temple site portrays the face of Cleopatra. (all images courtesy Egypt Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities) Success!

30 B.C.), the last active pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt was actually named Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (“Cleopatra the Father-Loving Goddess). The original Cleopatra (Cleopatra of Macedon ...

Like her predecessors, Cleopatra VII ruled not by fiat but by guile ... desperate effort to preserve herself and at least a quasi-independent Egypt. As Mr. Llewellyn-Jones tells it, each Cleopatra ...