Taposiris Magna Temple
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Tutankhamun found – what about Cleopatra?
Actium, Alexandria, Amanda Barrie, Ancient Egypt, asps, BBC Newsround, Carry On Cleo, Cleopatra, gold coins, Howard Carter, Kathleen Martinez, Leicester Greyfriars, lost monarchs, Marc Antony, naval battles, Pharoahs, Richard III, secret tunnels, Smithsonian, suicide, Taposiris Magna Temple, Tutankhamun, Valley of the KingsIt is just over a hundred years since Howard Carter discovered the young Pharoah Tutankhamun in an unexpected part of the Valley of the Kings – shades of Richard III, perhaps? Some thirteen centuries later, Cleopatra VII died by her own hand in Alexandria, after her lover Marcus Antonius’ defeat at Actium, but her tomb seems…
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