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Egyptians hope to find Cleopatra’s tomb

by Pat Coate | April 16, 2009
"(The discovery would be) bigger than that of King Tutankhamun’s tomb."
- Dr. Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s Superior Council for Antiquities

Cleopatra and Mark Antony were immortalised as two of history’s greatest lovers, but their final resting place has always been a mystery.

Now archaeologists in Egypt are about to start excavating a site that they believe could conceal their tombs.

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