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  2. Tomb of Antony and Cleopatra - Wikipedia

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    The tomb of Antony and Cleopatra is the undiscovered burial crypt of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII from 30 BC assumed to be located in Alexandria, Egypt. According to historians Suetonius and Plutarch, the Roman leader Octavian permitted their burial together after he had defeated them. Their surviving children were taken to Rome, to be raised ...

  3. Statue Found At Cleopatra’s Alleged Tomb May Reveal ... - AOL

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    A significant discovery in Cleopatra’s alleged tomb may have just revealed additional information about the ancient queen. When archaeologist Kathleen Martinez led her Egyptian-Dominican team to ...

  4. Ancient statue discovered at Egyptian temple may be rare ...

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    Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and suspect it may be of the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII.

  5. Cleopatra's Needle (New York City) - Wikipedia

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    Cleopatra's Needle in New York City is one of a pair of obelisks, together named Cleopatra's Needles, that were moved from the ruins of the Caesareum of Alexandria, Egypt, in the 19th century. The stele , dating from the 15th century B.C., was installed in Central Park , west of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 's main building in Manhattan , on ...

  6. Death of Cleopatra - Wikipedia

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    Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt, died on either 10 or 12 August, 30 BC, in Alexandria, when she was 39 years old.According to popular belief, Cleopatra killed herself by allowing an asp (Egyptian cobra) to bite her, but according to the Roman-era writers Strabo, Plutarch, and Cassius Dio, Cleopatra poisoned herself using either a toxic ointment or by introducing the poison ...

  7. Today in History: Cleopatra commits suicide - AOL

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    After Caesar was assassinated in Rome, Cleopatra sought her sights on new Roman power, Marc Antony. She succeeded in her conquest, and bore three children with the Roman general. The Suicide of ...

  8. List of Egyptian obelisks - Wikipedia

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    The international transportation of Egyptian obelisks dates to the Roman conquest of Egypt following the death of Cleopatra, and in modern times as Egyptian "gifts" to other major cities such as the Luxor Obelisk at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, and the Cleopatra's Needles on the Victoria Embankment and in Central Park in London and New ...

  9. Netflix sparks debate in Egypt after portraying Cleopatra as ...

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    Netflix said biracial actor Adele James had been cast in ‘a nod to the centuries-long conversation about the ruler’s race’