Cleopatra Exhibit Coming to the U.S.

Originally published January, 2010 | Art Museum Journal | by Stan Parchin |

Making its majestic debut at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt (June 5, 2010-January 2, 2011). Touring five North American cities, the exhibition presents more than 250 artifacts that describe archaeologists' recent attempts at locating the elusive tomb of the enigmatic Cleopatra VII (69-30 B.C.), Ptolemaic Egypt's legendary last queen, and Roman general Mark Antony (83-30 B.C.), antiquity's most famous pair of ill-fated and clandestine lovers.

Dreaming of Cleopatra

Originally published October 1-7, 2009 | Al-Ahram Weekly Online | by Dr. Zahi Hawas

Hawass' Trip to Moscow for the International Egyptology Conference

Originally published October 5, 2009 | Zahi Hawass' Blog | by Dr. Hawass

The Entrance Gate to the Enclosure Wall of Taposiris Magna

Originally published August 6, 2009 | Zahi Hawass' Photo Blog | photo credited to the Supreme Council of Antiquities

Follow the above link to Zahi Hawass' Photo Blog where you will find an update in pictographic form of the enclosure wall of Taposiris Magna. Featured with this picture are related links to posts on Zahi Hawass' blog about Taposiris Magna and a map that indicates the exact location of where this picture was taken (geo-tagging?).

In Pictures at Zahi Hawass' Photo Blog

Accessed July 30, 2009 | Zahi Hawass' Photo Blog

Overview of Taposiris Magna - Following this pictures, there's a short description and links to further information.

A Guardian in the Tomb Chapel of the High Priest of Thoth, Petosiris, at Tuna el-Gebel - Included with this pictures is a brief paragraph and a link to further information.

Photo - Gazing at Taposiris Magna

Originally published July 7, 2009 | Zahi Hawass' Photo Blog | by Maggie Bryson

This pictures shows Zahi Hawass at the site of Taposiris Magna, gazing out into the horizon. Below is a brief description of his endeavors at this location.

Picture - Taposiris Magna Wall

Originally published June 29, 2009 | Zahi Hawass' Photo Blog | by Maggie Bryson

This photo shows the remains of a huge wall at Taposiris Magna, the suspected area where Cleopatra and Marc Antony are buried.

We'll Soon Find Cleopatra, Dominican Archaeologist Says

Originally published June 26, 2009 | Dominican Today

Affirmations in the form of convincing evidence such as the quality of mummies and various items found west of Alexandria make a Dominican archaeologist certain she'll locate the final resting place of Cleopatra and Marc Anthony. Despite a few environmental obstacles and brushes with wildlife, she and her team have the enthusiastic support of the SCA.

The Anonymous Egyptologist

Originally published June 16, 2009 | Zahi Hawass' Blog | by Dr. Hawass

Hawass posts a little blurb about an anonymous Egyptologist who had been criticizing the way he has been going about his work in Taposiris Magna.

Read more about this anonymous Egyptologist at Al-Ahram Weekly Online.

He ends his blurb with many resources about his work at Taposiris Magna.

Video - The Search for Antony and Cleopatra

Originally published May 18 | Dr. Zahi Hawass' Blog

Dr. Hawass takes you inside a mysterious temple that could have been the tomb of the famed Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony. In a video he describes the latest information about and shares his thoughts on the possibility of at least three likely areas within a large Greco-Roman cemetary just outside the Temple of Taposiris Magna near Alexandria being the location of their resting place.