>According to a news report, Egyptian archaeologists will begin excavating a site that may the place where Cleopatra and Mark Antony were buried.

The report also says that a radar survey of the temple of Taposiris Magna near the Mediterranean Sea found a tomb of the famous Egyptian queen. Archaeologists also found a bust of Cleopatra made of alabaster, 22 coins bearing her image, as well as a mask believed to belong to Mark Antony.

Cleopatra was queen of Egypt between 51 B.C. until her suicide in 30 B.C. Cleopatra and Mark Anthony committed suicide after being defeated in the Battle of Actium.

Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

Tags: Archaeology, Cleopatra, Egypt

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