Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Three sites for finding cleopatra's tomb

Archaeologists will begin going through three sites in Egypt next week. This is an attempt to solving a mystery that has mystified historians for hundreds of years. Where is the final resting place of doomed lovers Cleopatra and Mark Antony? That's what historians were wondering. There's this temple where tombs may be located. This is what Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities said in a statement Wednesday.
Archaeologists last year found the alabaster head of a Cleopatra's statue. This was 22 coins bearing Cleopatra's image and a mask thought to belong to Mark Antony at the temple.
The three sites were identified last month during a radar of the temple of Taposiris Magna. This was what the council's statement said. The temple is located near the northern coastal city of Alexandria. Alexandria was built during the reign of King Ptolemy II (282-246 B.C.).
They found a number of deep shafts inside the temple. There are three of which were possibly used for burials. The lovers could be buried in a similar shaft. That's what the statement said.
The lovers committed suicide in 30 B.C. after being defeated in the battle of Actium. Mark Antony is said to have killed himself with his sword. Cleopatra is believed to have put a poisonous asp to her chest. This is very interesting.

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