Cleopatra raises controversy.. Where was the Ptolemaic Queen buried?

egypt Tue, Apr. 18, 2023
Queen Cleopatra, the famous Ptolemaic queen, recently sparked controversy after one of the international platforms decided to produce a documentary film about the Ptolemaic queen, who was the last Ptolemaic king of Egypt, because the film decided to present Cleopatra as a dark-skinned Cleopatra.

One of the lost tombs in Egypt, which represents a great mystery for archaeologists, is the tomb of the Ptolemaic Queen Cleopatra, and it is believed that the burial place is near Alexandria, based on the Roman historians Suetonius and Plutarch, the Roman commander Augustus allowed them to be buried together after he defeated them, and those who survived were taken of their children to Rome for them to grow up as Roman citizens.

Ten years ago, many archaeological reports came out that the excavations carried out by the mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, headed by Zahi Hawass, in the "Taposiris" area in Burj Al Arab, confirmed that the archaeological evidence on the surface on the eastern side of the temple that was built for the worshipers of the Holy Trinity "Isis and Osiris" and Horus", confirming the existence of the tomb of Queen Cleopatra.

However, other than the Abu Sir area, there are many archaeologists who believed that the tomb of the Egyptian queen was located in places different from what was announced by Dr. Zahi Hawass. According to the book “Alexandria: The Library and the Academy in the Ancient World” by Muhammad Abdel Moneim Amer, it was not the tomb of Cleopatra and Annunius. It is far from the tomb of Alexander, as it was mentioned that it is located near the eastern wall of the temple of Isis in Luzia in Alexandria, and that what confirms the presence of Alexander's tomb in Alexandria is what Plutarch mentioned that the golden sarcophagus, which contained the body of the great conqueror, was taken by Ptolemy XI in the year 101 BC. And a glass coffin was placed in its place, as it was mentioned that Cleopatra, in an era of drought, looted the valuables in the tombs of her fathers and grandfathers, including Alexander himself.