Related: Bones with names: Long-dead bodies archaeologists have identified Martinez has suspected Cleopatra might be buried at Taposiris Magna because Cleopatra identified with the goddess Isis who "was both sister and wife of the god of the dead, Osiris," said Glenn Godenho, a senior lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool who hosted a recent documentary on Martinez's work. If Cleopatra's tomb and those of the other Ptolemaic rulers were constructed in Alexandria, they would likely now be underwater or buried beneath modern-day development, Walker said. Walker suspects that Cleopatra's tomb would have been located close to other rulers from the Ptolemaic dynasty. "The thing is, we don't know where Alexander himself or any of the 15 Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt were buried," said Susan Walker, an honorary curator and former Sackler Keeper of Antiquities at the University of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum. Ancient writers often mention Alexander's tomb, but archaeologists have never found it or the tombs of any of the Ptolemaic rulers. Alexander, though he died at Babylon, was eventually reburied in Alexandria. Maybe her mausoleum, too." Ptolemaic rulersĬleopatra was the last of the "Ptolemies," a line of rulers descended from Ptolemy Soter, one of Alexander the Great's generals. "Even if untouched by human hands, earthquakes and seawater would have buried or submerged it," Gurval said. "It would be remarkable if it could have survived the millennia of culture change and natural ruin," said Robert Gurval, an emeritus professor of Classics at UCLA, who has researched Cleopatra extensively. At present no projects are searching for Cleopatra's tomb underwater although past projects have looked at Cleopatra's palace. There is also a good chance that it was robbed in ancient times, a number of scholars added. Even if the tomb is not underwater, there is a good chance that it was destroyed at some point in antiquity or that it is buried beneath modern-day development in Alexandria, scholars said. Over the past 2 millennia, coastal erosion has meant that parts of Alexandria, including a section that holds Cleopatra's palace, are now underwater. "I believe now that Cleopatra was buried in her tomb that she built next to her palace and it is under the water," Hawass said. Hawass said that he worked with Martinez for more than 10 years at the site and found no evidence that Cleopatra and Antony were buried there. "There is no evidence at all that Cleopatra's tomb could be in ," Zahi Hawass, the former Egyptian minister of the State for Antiquities, told Live Science. (Image credit: traveler1116 via Getty Images) (opens in new tab) This engraving from 1894 shows Augustus Caesar and Cleopatra - who is dead with a snake in her hand.
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