The claim has put some at odds with Martinez, as other experts say the bust looks nothing like Cleopatra. Along with the marble statue, the team also discovered 337 coins—some of which (less ...
she stumbled upon a small white marble statue of a female adorned with a crown. Now, she’s convinced the bust may depict what Cleopatra VII actually looked like — but other experts aren’t ...
The statue was found at Taposiris Magna, an archaeological site where some researchers suspect Cleopatra and Mark Antony are ...
Researchers said the statue of the lady with the crown ... “I looked at the bust carefully. It is not Cleopatra at all. It is Roman,” former Egyptian minister of antiquities Zahi Hawass ...
She says the statue, which is made of white marble ... and antiquities not involved in the dig, says that the bust may date after Cleopatra’s time. "I looked at the bust carefully.
Researchers said the statue of the lady with the crown was likely of Queen Cleopatra VII, who famously had relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. But not everyone was convinced. “I looked ...