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Secrets of the Dead
Kathleen Martinez's Quest to Find Cleopatra’s Tomb in Egypt
Amateur archaeological sleuth Kathleen Martinez's quest to find Cleopatra's tomb took her to a temple complex known as Taposiris Magna, which is located 25 miles west of Alexandria, Egypt. Could it be the site of Cleopatra's lost tomb?
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