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Underneath a temple in the ancient ruined city of Taposiris Magna, archaeologists discovered a vast tunnel, referred to by experts as a "geometric miracle". The structure was discovered 13 metres (43 ...
Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus founded the bygone city of Taposiris Magna, also known as the “Great Tomb of Osiris,” around 275 B.C.E. Egypt’s last dynasty, the Ptolemaic Kingdom, was ...
Kathleen discovered the foundation deposits at Taposiris Magna, which indicates the first direct link between the temple site and Cleopatra’s family line. Features. Q&A with Kathleen Martinez.
Dr Martinez has been carrying out digs at Taposiris Magna since 2004, and as excavations have continued she has in recent years grown increasingly confident that the the queen’s lost tomb is ...
Discovered near the Taposiris Magna temple, west of Alexandria in Egypt, the tunnel was unearthed by an Egyptian-Dominican archaeological research mission from the University of Santo Domingo.
The Taposiris Magna Temple west of the ancient city of Alexandria Koantao via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered an underground tunnel at Taposiris Magna ...
Archaeologists have discovered a rock-cut tunnel beneath Egypt’s ancient Taposiris Magna Temple—and it may lead to the lost tomb of Cleopatra, who was the last ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt from 51 ...
The Dominican-Egyptian archaeological expedition from Santo Domingo University has uncovered several artefacts during their excavation work at Taposiris Magna archaeological site in Alexandria.
Amateur archaeologist Kathleen Martinez revisits Taposiris Magna in search for Cleopatra’s tomb.The site gets its name from the presence of what is thought to be a temple dedicated to Osiris ...
Dr Kathleen Martinez, an academic from the Dominican Republic, is leading the dig at the Taposiris Magna temple. After working there for over 14 years, Dr Martinez and her colleagues are more ...
Taposiris Magna is 30 miles outside the city of Alexandria (Image: YOUTUBE) “On the final day of the dig, in a last desperate throw of the dice, Kathleen spread her team over the whole site.