The mystery of the palace of Egyptian Queen Cleopatra was submerged under the ocean?

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Once a lavish palace, the palace of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra mysteriously disappeared and was later found to have been sunk to the bottom of the sea.

Many ruins on the ocean floor have been excavated and discovered. Most of these ruins are the remains of a once flourishing city, including the palace of Queen Cleopatra (Alexandria, Egypt).

The famous Queen Cleopatra of ancient Egypt had a lavish, splendid palace. Years after Cleopatra's mysterious death, her palace also mysteriously disappeared. The question is whether this palace was sunk to the bottom of the sea.

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As one of the most famous and powerful figures in ancient Egypt, Queen Cleopatra became the subject of research for many scientists. Things related to this queen's life always receive great attention from experts as well as the public.

Of these, many pay great attention to the palace of Queen Cleopatra in the city of Alexandria. At the time when Queen Cleopatra ruled the country, the city of Alexandria was the capital of Egypt. Therefore, the palace in which Queen Cleopatra lived was extremely magnificent, lavish, flourishing and of "huge" size.

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Centuries after the death of Queen Cleopatra, archaeologists did not find this palace despite many projects on land in Alexandria. Before this incident, a theory was put forward to explain the disappearance of the palace where Queen Cleopatra used to stay.

One theory is that Cleopatra's splendid palace may have been "swallowed" by the ocean due to a terrible earthquake and tsunami in Alexandria centuries ago. According to this theory, the ruins of Cleopatra's palace are located on the seabed instead of land.

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Therefore, a number of expeditions searched for the ruins of the palace belonging to Queen Cleopatra in the waters off the port of Alexandria. As a result, in 2010, divers discovered the ruins of Queen Cleopatra's palace and temple complex. They also found a number of artifacts such as coins, ancient vases, statues...

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With this discovery, experts carry out other underwater archaeological projects to solve the mystery of why the palace and many other structures sank to the seabed. Disappearing more than 1600 years ago, Cleopatra's palace as well as the temple of Isis have been discovered in the underwater archaeological site of Alexandria.

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According to legend, Queen Cleopatra and her lover Marc Anthony went out on their own to avoid capture by the Romans, after which everything belonging to them was destroyed or scattered everywhere. To date, archaeologists have found three sites believed to be their burial sites.

More than 140 artifacts have been discovered, and excavation work is still underway in the submerged areas. Archaeologists are also studying the possibility of building an underwater museum here. In 1996, archaeologists unexpectedly discovered Cleopatra's legendary palace at a depth of 10 to 15 meters under the sea just outside the port of Alexandria.

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Alexandria was once one of the centers of the greatest civilization in the ancient world. Since conducting excavations in the city's eastern harbor in the mid-1990s, divers have found thousands of historical artifacts, including 26 sphinxes, many large granite structures Each block weighs 56 tons and the relics are said to be the lights of the lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the seven ancient wonders of the world.

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In addition to a few artifacts that have been recovered, most of the ruins of the palace complex of Cleopatra, the famous Egyptian queen who lived in the first century B.C.E., are still under water. This complex was once built on an island that was submerged in earthquakes in the 5th century AD.

Diving into the waters off the port of Alexandria, Egypt, divers discovered many precious artifacts from the ruins of a temple and palace complex that belonged to the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra - one of the figures. most famous in antiquity.

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They have discovered many antiques, from coins, everyday objects... to large granite statues simulating Egyptian Kings and sunken temples that were formerly places of worship. God. "It's a unique area in the world," said Goddiom, who has spent 20 years searching for shipwrecks and lost cities on the seabed.

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