
Cleopatra has turn out to be a popular culture icon for the reason that Victorian period. She has been the topic of many works, together with operas, work, poetry, sculptures, and theatrical dramas.
The goddess was famously performed by film legend Elizabeth Taylor within the 1958 self-titled epic Cleopatra.
Martínez believes Cleopatra was taken to Taposiris Magna after her dying, after which carried by way of an underground tunnel to the course of the port. There she was lastly laid to relaxation.
Nevertheless, the explorer additionally admits the tomb could possibly be someplace among the many ruins of the temple itself. That has lengthy been the idea of locals within the space and different excavators.
Regardless of the case, and wherever Cleopatra could also be buried, after a 20-year search, Martinez has no plans to tug up store till she finds the definitive reply.
“No one can inform me that Cleopatra isn’t at Taposiris Magna,” she stated emphatically. “To say that it’s a must to excavate the entire space and never discover her.”

