Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered an ancient hidden tunnel beneath a temple that they hope leads to the long-lost tomb of Queen Cleopatra.
A lost tunnel that may lead to an ancient Egyptian tomb of Cleopatra was discovered by an Egyptian-Dominican archaeological research team.Cleopatra, who lived between 69 B.C. and 30 B.C., was the final ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt before the Roman Empire took over.She is infamously believed to have committed suicide in Alexandria to avoid being paraded through Rome as a war prize.
Roland Enmarch, a senior lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, told Newsweek that the Taposiris Magna where the tunnel was discovered was an important religious site, founded in the 3rd century BC about 30 miles west of Alexandria. “The huge subterranean tunnel recently announced is a fascinating discovery, though its precise function has still to be clarified,” Enmarch told the magazine. “It would be exciting, but also rather surprising, if the famous queen Cleopatra were buried at Taposiris Magna.”Ministry of Tourism and Antiquita
Enmarch said that Cleopatra’s family had already built their tombs in Alexandria and she was likely hiding there when she took her own life. “The ancient sources also tell us that she asked to be buried beside Mark Anthony and that Octavian granted her wish,” Enmarch said. The implication is that they were buried in the tomb Cleopatra had constructed for them in Alexandria.”
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