Makam Cleopatra Ditemui di Egypt -

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Bukti makam Cleoptra ditemui di Mesir



GAMBAR menunjukkan duit syiling yang mempunyai potret Cleopatra.
KIRI: Zahi memegang patung kepala Cleopatra (kanan) dan topeng
Mark Anthony di barat Alexandria, Mesir semalam.



BURG EL-ARAB, Mesir - Pakar arkeologi kanan Mesir, Zahi Hawass semalam mempamerkan 22 keping duit syiling, sebuah kepala patung dan serpihan sebuah topeng dengan dagu lekuk sebagai bahan bukti bahawa makam pasangan yang memerintah Mesir kuno, Mark Antony dan Cleopatra berjaya ditemui.





Beliau mendedahkan harta bersejarah itu kepada sekumpulan wartawan ketika melawat sebuah rumah ibadat berusia 2,000 tahun di sini di mana artifak tersebut ditemui.

Beliau percaya kawasan berhampiran Laut Mediterranean itu menyimpan makam pasangan kekasih tersebut yang sejak sekian lama menjadi misteri.

"Pada pendapat saya, makam ini merupakan antara penemuan terpenting abad ke-21 kerana percintaan antara Cleopatra dan Mark Antony selain kisah sedih kematian mereka," katanya.

"Jika anda melihat wajah Mark Anthony, ramai percaya dia memiliki lekuk pada dagunya seperti kelihatan pada topeng ini dan berdasarkan sebab itu, saya percaya makam ini makam Mark Anthony," tambahnya.

Mark Anthony yang merupakan seorang jeneral tentera empayar Rom dan kekasihnya, Cleopatra iaitu Ratu Mesir, mencabar Kaisar Augustus untuk memerintah empayar berkenaan.

Bagaimanapun, pasangan kekasih itu membunuh diri setelah bala tentera mereka tewas untuk mengelakkan daripada menjadi tawanan tentera Rom. - AP


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kalau belajar tentang tamadun rome - di mana selepas julius caesar mati dibunuh oleh
penyokong2 pompeii - augustus caesar ambil alih dan luaskan empire rome - masa ni jugalah
cerita tentang mark anthony dan cleopatra  - kerana masa tu juga peningkatan tamadun
mesir di mana cleopatra ruled -

a great history - beautiful love story.. - sebab tu ada poem tentang cleopatra and mark anthony
'fight' for the love -

buahcinta

respek zahi hawass ... org tua ni merata gurun dia jejak utk mumia/makam.

pakupayung21

mesti masuk national geographic

tembamgirl09

kisah camni ada tak difilemkan kawan2? kalu ada boley kawan2 kasiktau apa tajuknya?

budakbaik10

cleopatra ni terkenal dgn kejelitaanye juga......

salimrock

cleopatra tak silap mati muda kan ...tak sampai umur dia 25 tahun, kalo tak silap...jadi ratu pada umur 17 tahun...

encikdodol

Itu patung Cleopatra ke? rase cam Nefetiti lagi cun..

marlisa_syazana

muda lagi dah bunuh diri sedih betul hidup zaman dulu kala

syikin_akik

suka tengok filem nya

Emrymama

apa tajuk filem yg ada kaitan yg sejarah ni?

kekure

Sumber Nat Geo : Makam Cleopatra

Andrew Bossone in Cairo

for National Geographic News

Published May 19, 2010

A massive, headless statue of a Greek king has been found in the ruins of an ancient Egyptian temple, adding to evidence that the structure could be the final resting place of Marc Antony and Cleopatra, excavation leaders say.
For the past five years archaeologists have been searching around the temple of Taposiris Magna, about 28 miles (45 kilometers) west of the port city of Alexandria (map), in hopes of finding the couple's graves.
(See pictures related to the new National Geographic exhibit "Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt.")
The newfound black granite statue—which stands about 6 feet (1.8 meters) without its head—is thought to be of King Ptolemy IV, because an unattached cartouche carved of the same type of stone and bearing his name was found near the figure's base. (See a picture of headless king statues at Luxor Temple.)
Ptolemy IV was one of several Greek royals who ruled Egypt during the Ptolemaic period, from 332 to 30 B.C. (Take an ancient Egypt quiz.)
In addition to the headless statue, the Egyptian-Dominican dig team found an inscription, written in Greek and hieroglyphics, in the foundation deposits of one of the temple's corners. The writing says Ptolemy IV—who ruled from 221 to 205 B.C.—commissioned the temple.
Previously experts had thought that the temple was built during the reign of Ptolemy II, who ruled from 282 to 246 B.C.
"If you are arguing for it to be a burial place for Cleopatra, then the later it is built, the more chance we have to have connections with her—the greater the possibility it was still active during her lifetime," said Salima Ikram of the American University in Cairo, who is not associated with the Taposiris digs.
During the latest digs, the archaeological team also found a row of 6.5-foot-tall (about 2-meter-tall) bases for sphinxes outside the temple's north entrance, where the granite statue was found.
The excavation team thinks the bases mean the north entry—and not its east portal, as had been previously suggested—was the building's main gate, since other Egyptian temples feature sphinxes leading up to their entrances.
Taposiris Once a Bustling Temple

Cleopatra VII was the last queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty, ruling as co-regent with her son, Ptolemy XV. The queen and her lover, Roman general Marc Antony, committed suicide after their defeat in 30 B.C. by Octavian, who soon after became Rome's first emperor, Caesar Augustus.
The newfound statue—along with two statues of the Egyptian goddess Isis and the ruins of the temple's main gate—are the latest pieces of evidence that link Taposiris Magna to the Ptolemaic rulers, and perhaps to the ill-fated lovers.
Archaeologists have known of Taposiris Magna for centuries, with the first excavations started at the temple under Napoleon Bonaparte in 1801.
Until recently, many experts thought Taposiris was an unfinished temple, because it has no inscriptions and bore little evidence of internal structures. Archaeologists knew of a massive cemetery outside the temple and a tower that may have been a lighthouse, but little more.
But the recent digs have made the temple look much more active, increasing the likelihood that it was an important site in Cleopatra's day.
So far, the temple's cemetery has been found to contain at least 12 mummies, 500 skeletons, and 20 tombs. The bodies were buried facing the temple, which could mean the building contains the tomb of an important figure, Martinez said.
Inside the temple, the team found a place for a sacred pool, rooms likely used for mummification, and chapels dedicated to the gods Osiris and Isis. The powerful pair were husband and wife in Egyptian mythology—a fact that could have inspired the couple to chose the temple as their burial site.
"Cleopatra could [represent] Isis and Marc Antony could be Osiris," said Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), who is supervising the digs.
And in 2008 the team unearthed an alabaster bust of Cleopatra, coins bearing her image, and a bronze statue of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, among other artifacts.
(See pictures of Cleopatra's bust and other treasures from Taposiris Magna.)
"After excavations, we have uncovered what belongs to this temple, to this huge complex, proving it really was one of the most sacred temples in Alexandria" during the Ptolemaic period, said archaeologist and dig leader Kathleen Martinez.
"And because of the solemnity of this temple, and it was so sacred at that time, I believe it could have Cleopatra's tomb."

"Perfect Place" to Hide the Dead
Hawass added that Taposiris Magna is a good candidate site for the tombs of Antony and Cleopatra because the legendary couple would have wanted to be sure Roman conquerors couldn't find and desecrate their graves.
Marc Antony likely suspected that Octavian would have paraded the dead bodies around Rome to show off his military might. The couple would have therefore wanted to be buried in a sacred but secret location outside Alexandria's royal quarter.
(Related: "Underwater Museum Planned for Egypt's Alexandria.")
About a year ago the SCA allowed Martinez to start using ground-penetrating radar inside Taposiris Magna. The results show a series of tunnels and as many as eight underground chambers that are still being explored.
"It's the perfect place to hide their tombs," said Hawass, who is also a National Geographic explorer-in-residence. (The National Geographic Society owns National Geographic News.)
Excavation leader Martinez added that the sheer size of Taposiris Magna would have made any tombs there hard to find.
"This temple complex is five square kilometers," or roughly two square miles, Martinez said. "We have been searching with new technology—how would the Romans have found them?"

Emrymama

sambungan lagi.....hehe

stryder_cats

banyak lagi benda2 yg misteri kt mesir ni kan.

star_karat

Yang bagi terkenal kisah dorang ni ada lah Shakespeare dan pada zaman kita datang dari Hollywood.  Tapi ramai researchers kurang percaya yang dorang berdua secantik dan sehensem seperti Elizabeth Taylor dan Richard Burton.
Dalam hikayat pun takda cerita yang Cleopatra ni cantik tapi dia cuma bijak, kuat semangat, charismatic.

TheLuPikir

Yang bagi terkenal kisah dorang ni ada lah Shakespeare dan pada zaman kita datang dari Hollywood.  T ...
star_karat Post at 28-3-2012 23:24

ada juga isu mengatakan shakespeare bkn penulis asal karya2 famous die tu atas pelbagai reasoning, cube tgok film Anonymous

interesting fact

mysr01

cool gila! agak2, jumpa tak mummy cleopatra? nak tgk jugak keadaan mummy dia tu.
^^

yellowfish

fuhhh,,, teruskan pencarian,,