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The Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania is a funerary monument located on the road between Cherchell and Algiers, in Tipaza Province, Algeria.. The mausoleum is the tomb where the Numidian Berber King Juba II (son of Juba I of Numidia) and the Queen Cleopatra Selene II, sovereigns of Numidia and Mauretania Caesariensis, were allegedly buried.
Cleopatra Selene is mentioned in the novels by Robert Graves, I, Claudius and Claudius the God. Cleopatra Selene is a significant character in Wallace Breem's historical novel The Legate's Daughter (1974), Phoenix/Orion Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7538-1895-7; Cleopatra's Daughter by Andrea Ashton (1979) tells of Cleopatra Selene's early life.
Juba II of Mauretania (Latin: Gaius Iulius Iuba; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἰóβας, Ἰóβα or Ἰούβας; [2] c. 48 BC – AD 23)(died AD 23) was the son of Juba I and client king of Numidia (30–25 BC) and Mauretania (25 BC – AD 23). Aside from his very successful reign, he was a highly respected scholar and author.
On coinage, on one side is a central bust of Juba II with his title in Latin ‘King Juba’. On the other side is a central bust of Ptolemy and the inscription stating in Latin ‘King Ptolemy son of Juba’. Juba II died in 23 and was placed alongside Cleopatra Selene II in the Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania. Ptolemy then became the sole ruler ...
Juba II also gathered an impressive collection of artworks, particularly marble sculptures, some of which have landed up in museums in other parts of the world, but excellent examples are to be found in Cherchell Museum, along with a sculpture of the head of his wife, Cleopatra Selene II.
The museum includes a brief history of the transatlantic slave trade and highlights the survivors of the 45-day journey from Africa, AL.com reported.It tells the story of its most famous passenger ...
English: An ancient Roman bust of Cleopatra Selene II, daughter of Cleopatra VII Philopator of Egypt and Roman triumvir Mark Antony, as well as wife of Juba II of Mauretania (a Roman client ruler in North Africa); the bust is located in the Archaeological Museum of Cherchell, Algeria.
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.