Archaeologists Discover “Geometric Miracle” While Searching For Cleopatra’s Tomb

The tunnel beneath the temple at Taposiris Magna.

Archaeologists have found a large, magnificent tunnel that’s being dubbed a “geometric miracle” beneath a temple within the historic metropolis of Taposiris Magna, which is now a damage on the coast of Egypt.

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities took to social media to share this information. They knowledgeable that the construction was discovered 13 meters (43 ft) beneath the floor and was found by Kathleen Martinez of the College of Santo Domingo within the Dominican Republic and colleagues throughout ongoing excavations and exploration of the temple. A exceptional 1,305 meters (4,281 ft) of sandstone had been hacked by to create the 2-meter-tall tunnel.

“Preliminary research recommend that the architectural design of the found tunnel is similar to that of Greece’s Jubilinos Tunnel, however longer, describing it as an geometric miracle,” the ministry mentioned in a press release. Nonetheless, the Taposiris Magna temple’s archaeology is sophisticated since a few of it’s submerged beneath the Mediterranean Sea and has seen a number of earthquakes over time.

Dr Mustafa Waziri, Secretary-Common of the Supreme Council for Archeology, added that in the course of the excavations and archaeological survey of the tunnel, part of the tunnel was found submerged beneath the Mediterranean water and quite a lot of pottery vessels and pottery tractors had been discovered beneath the mud sediment. An oblong block of limestone and a blind completion was additionally discovered there. 

In accordance with Reside Science, Ms Martinez, who has been working in Taposiris Magna since 2004 seeking the misplaced tomb of Cleopatra VII, believes that the tunnel may very well be a promising lead. 

In an interview with Nationwide Geographic, Ms Martinez expressed her conviction that the tunnel may information her to the tomb of Cleopatra, the Egyptian queen, and her lover Mark Antony. The Dominican archaeologist acknowledged that the probability of this taking place is only one p.c, however insisted that it might nonetheless be “an important discovery” of the century.