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'Indiana Jones'-Like Archaeologist Says He's Found Cleopatra's Tomb

Source: Times (UK) (5-25-08)

A flamboyant archaeologist known worldwide for his trademark Indiana Jones hat believes he has identified the site where Cleopatra is buried.

Now, with a team of 12 archaeologists and 70 excavators, Zahi Hawass, 60, the head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, has begun the search for her tomb.

In addition, after a breakthrough two weeks ago, Hawass hopes to find Cleopatra's lover, the Roman general Mark Antony, sharing her last resting place at the site of a temple, the Taposiris Magna, 28 miles west of Alexandria.

Posted on Monday, May 26, 2008 at 11:33 AM | Comments (0) | Return

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