Major Discovery Brings Archaeologists Closer to Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb

Major Discovery Brings Archaeologists Closer to Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery may have finally brought researchers within reach of one of history’s greatest mysteries: the lost tomb of Cleopatra VII. For nearly two decades, archaeologist Kathleen Martinez from the University of Santo Domingo has led an ambitious search for the final resting place of Egypt’s last queen of Greek descent—and now, the dream may be within grasp.A Tunnel to the PastIn 2022, Martinez announced a stunning…

By Marta Carrasco Ferrer , Camilo José Cela University Can you imagine in some way the palace that served as residence for Cleopatra, the famous queen who marked the end of the Ptolemys ? It is one of the questions that my colleague Miguel Angel Elvira, professor of art history at Complutense University, and I, in the framework of a congress held at the National Archaeological Museum of Madrid on the city of Alexandria under the Ptolemy, the dyn…