DO THE TOMBS OF MARK ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA EXIST?

In the mid of 2009, a team of archaeologists led by the main superintendent to the Egyptian antiquities,Zahri Hawass, announced that, after a series of radar investigation, it may be possible in the next months to unearth the tomb of Mark Anthony and his wife Cleopatra VII.As we know from history, the couple was defeated in 31 BCE in Actium.After being humiliated by Augustus, they both committed suicide.

A common trait of Cleopatra and Mark Antony was that they were both loyal to Caesar. Both of them had met earlier during the reign of Caesar. When Cleopatra crossed the Mediterranean to see him, they both fell in love. There is no doubt that until Caesar's death they were just good friends. Later, he accepted her invitation to visit Egypt. With the relationship between these two powerful people growing, the Romans were wary of the emergence of the Egyptians as a powerful force. Also, they didn't appreciate their love affair, but despite all the threats, Cleopatra and Antony married at Anatolia, Syria in 36 BC.After that they got married Augustus considered Mark Anthony a rebel because he divorced his Roman wife,Octavia, sister of Octavian, the future Augustus

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The site where the archaeologists believe that the couple was buried is 30 miles far from Alexandria and is the temple of Taposiris Magna. Hawass has discovered a 400 feet tunnel beneath the temple; the tunnel was decorated with statues of Cleopatra and many coins bearing her face.In addition, a few months ago Hawass teams has discovered a bust of Mark Anthony and a mask that could have been modeled from the funeral mask of Mark Anthony.Further excavations will be conducted in November 2010 and archaeologists feel themselves optimistic that they are on the way to make one of the most important discoveries from the past that can be compared to the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamon.