Tomb of Cleopatra: History Mystery Undiscovered

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Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (“the Father-Loving Goddess”) was born 70/69 BCE and died August 30 BCE, Alexandria. She was a powerful Egyptian queen, famous in history and drama as Julius Caesar’s lover was the last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt (subside from Ptolemy of Macedonia). Cleopatra ruled an empire that included Egypt, Cyprus, modern-day Libya, and other territories in the Middle East. Let us know more about the tomb of celopatra- the history mystery undiscovered

According to Ptolemy’s tradition, she married their siblings even did not wish to. The last queen of Egypt and pharaoh allured Julius Caesar first and then Mark Antony to facilitate her desires for Egpyt. She gives birth to Caeser’s son, Caesarion, and ultimately committed suicide when Marc Antony was defeated by Octavian, later known as Augustus Caesar. It is still unclear if the queen committed suicide or by an asp. They were buried together, as both of them had wished, and with them was buried the Roman Republic.

Antony and Cleopatra VII - a doomed lover

Antony and Cleopatra VII are the two most doomed lovers of Egyptian history. Antony was a Roman general who, for a time, allied with Octavian, the two jointly ruling over Rome’s expanding empire. Antony spent much of his time in Egypt, where he fell for Queen Cleopatra; the couple bore three children together.

After a falling out, Octavian and Antony left a battle with each other in 32 B.C., with Antony’s navy being defeated at the Battle of Actium encountered in 31 B.C. Octavian’s armies then arrived in Egypt, and Antony and the queen committed suicide in Alexandria in 30 B.C.

The early archaeologists Suetonius and Plutarch both declared that Antony and Cleopatra were embedded together inside a grave. Plutarch recorded that Octavian gave an order that the body of Cleopatra should be buried with that of Antony in glorious and majestic style. However, finding the tomb of Cleopatra and Mark Antony yet undiscovered. 

 

Tomb of Cleopatra: Mystery Undiscovered

A Theory Put Forward by Kathleen Martínez- a self-taught Archeologist

A grave inholding two mummies entirely coated in gold foil has been unearthed at Taposiris Magna on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. However, the topographic point was sealed; however, water penetration left the remains miserable and mostly disintegrated the gold foil. To be buried in such made articles of clothing, they have to are people of high rank. This is considered and promoted as a critical clue to the topographic point of the last queen of Egypt.

Kathleen Martínez is the leader of the mining grave and a lawyer. Martínez formed a theory that the tomb of Cleopatra was at Taposiris Magna and convinced Zahi Hawass to allow her quest for it. Martínez works with a crew of Egyptians, and local tribe members is a self-taught archaeologist. In 2005, she cast an idea and asked for two months to discover Egypt’s last queen’s elusive tomb. After fourteen years of excavations, she was only able to found 200 gold coins bearing the queen’s profile.

Very little anthropology matter has endured that is directly associated with the last queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, most of it consisting of coins release throughout her reign. The written references haven’t any data regarding the situation of her place. 

Plutarch’s narrative of her burial chamber focuses on the material resource it contained and the great drama of her and Mark Antony’s demise days. He remarks that Rome’s Emperor allowed the queen regnant to be interred and embalmed with Mark Antony within the royal place. However, nothing regarding wherever it is located is yet found. 

 History Mystery Undiscovered

Alexandria’s city was once the royal palace of Alexandria has gone through a natural disaster and is now underwater. The tomb of the Ptolemies regimes was made inside the palace boundary. Taposiris Magna was a central port town in Ptolemaic Egypt. It is situated 20 miles west of Alexandria. An immense limestone temple was established there by Ptolemy IV Philopator.

According to the theory formulated by Martínez, Cleopatra cast a grave for herself and Mark Antony in the temple precinct. The reason behind this is assumed that the queen strongly identified with the goddess Isis, consort of Osiris, and wanted them embedded together as incarnations of the deities.

In a decade and a half of mining, Martínez does not discover a legendary tomb, but neither have others. The case with the pair of mummies is the first grave ever reveal inside the temple. However, two priests were unearthed graved at a temple that still shows no clue whatsoever of the presence of the tomb of Cleopatra.

If the theory put forward by her is accurate, then, in that case, she will have put an end to one of Egyptology’s most celebrated mysteries and settled herself as one of the most significant archaeologists in history.