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See the Haunting Stone Face of a Ptolemaic Statue Unearthed Near the Ancient Egyptian City of Alexandria
The statue was found at Taposiris Magna, an archaeological site where some researchers suspect Cleopatra and Mark Antony are ...
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Bust That May Depict Famous Egyptian Queen Cleopatra VII Unearthed by Archaeologists at Ancient Tomb in Alexandria, Egypt
She was one of the most famous rulers of Ancient Egypt and other territories across the Middle East, in addition to being one of the last in a series of the Ptolemies. Her name: Queen Cleopatra ...
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Relief sculpture of Cleopatra at the Temple of Hathor, Dandara, Egypt
Cunning, charming and captivating, the Egyptian Cleopatra was horrifying, yet fascinating to many of Rome’s citizens. Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the ...
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Possible bust of Cleopatra VII found at ancient Egyptian temple
A small statue discovered under a temple wall at the site of an ancient Egyptian city may depict Cleopatra VII, the Egyptian queen who romanced Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, according to the ...
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Cleopatra’s Needle: the Truth Behind the Misleading Name
Like some misleading, clickbait title from the 19th century, Cleopatra’s Needles have no connection to the legendary queen.
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Does This Peculiar Statue Found at an Ancient Egyptian Temple Really Depict Cleopatra?
Zahi Hawass, a former Egyptian minister of tourism and antiquities not involved in the dig, says that the bust may date after Cleopatra’s time. "I looked at the bust carefully. It is not ...
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Nine cult Ancient Egyptian figures that pop up everywhere
The Eye of Horus became one of the most important symbols in Ancient Egypt. Cleopatra wasn't actually Egyptian. She was a member of the Greek Ptolemy family that had ruled Egypt for 100 years ...
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10 things about ancient Egypt that movies and TV got wrong, according to an expert
Queen Cleopatra would probably have been much darker ... a type of figurine often found in ancient-Egyptian tombs. The mini series' protagonist finds the ushabti inside the sarcophagus.
The Cleopatra Mystery: the intriguing exhibition on Egypt's most famous queen at the IMA
She is a mythical figure of ancient history: discover the secrets of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, with the exhibition "Le ...
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Decades before Gal Gadot, Elizabeth Taylor fell into controversy playing Cleopatra as a Jewish actress
Some users pointed out that Cleopatra wasn’t Egyptian — as a Ptolemaic ruler, she was descended from a Macedonian father, and historians don’t know the ethnicity of her mother. This is ...
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Ancient statue discovered at Egyptian temple may be rare Roman bust of Cleopatra
Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and suspect it may be of the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. The dig also ...
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Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb Yields Trove of Ancient Artifacts
An unspecified number of the coins contain minted side-profile portraits of Cleopatra VII, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. Marín said the queen’s face visible on ...