Cleopatra and Antony's tombs found, claims Egypt's top archaeologist.Byline: ANI London, April 20 (ANI): Zahi Hawass, Egypt's top archaeologist, has claimed that the tombs of legendary Queen Cleopatra and her Roman lover Antony have been found. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report in the Telegraph, Hawass has claimed that the tombs of the two lovers are located at the Toposiris Magna temple in Egypt, where significant findings have been made. Ahead of the start of excavations, Hawass exhibited 22 coins, 10 mummies, an alabaster alabaster, fine-grained, massive, translucent variety of gypsum, a hydrous calcium sulfate. It is pure white or streaked with reddish brown. Alabaster, like all other forms of gypsum, forms by the evaporation of bedded deposits that are precipitated mainly from head and a fragment of a mask with a cleft chin A cleft chin, chin cleft, dimple chin, chin dimple, butt chin or booty chin is a dimple on the chin. It is an Y-shaped fissure on the chin with the underlying bony peculiarity. as evidence that the site, a 2,000-year-old temple to the god Osiris, is likely to hold further treasures. He believes that the Toposiris Magna temple, 30 miles from Egypt's ancient seaside capital of Alexandria, contains the tomb of the doomed lovers that has been shrouded shroud n. 1. A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet. 2. Something that conceals, protects, or screens: under a shroud of fog. 3. a. in mystery for so long. "In my opinion, if this tomb is found it will be one of the most important discoveries of the 21st century because of the love between Cleopatra and Mark Antony, and because of the sad story of their death," he said. Mark Antony and Cleopatra Antony and Cleopatra victims of conflict between political ambition and love. [Br. Lit.: Antony and Cleopatra] See : Love, Tragic challenged Caesar Augustus for control of the Roman Empire more than two millenia ago. Their armies were defeated and rather than submit to capture, the two lovers committed suicide - Mark Antony by his sword, Cleopatra with a poisonous asp. The Roman historian Plutarch said Caesar allowed the two to be buried together, but their tomb was never found. The claim by Hawass, Egypt's antiquities chief, is the latest spectacular announcement by the archaeologist. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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