ʻO ka poʻe kālaihonua e ʻimi ana i nā hale kupapaʻu o Antony lāua ʻo Cleopatra e hoʻomaka e ʻeli i ʻekolu mau kahua ma ka luakini kahi e loaʻa ai nā lua kupapaʻu, wahi a ka mana kahiko o ʻAigupita. Ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana o ka hoʻokolokolo radar o ka luakini o Taposiris Magna, komohana o Alexandria, ʻAigupita, i ka mahina i hala ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka ʻimi ʻana i ka hale kupapaʻu o Cleopatra lāua ʻo Mark Antony, manaʻo ka hui he hoʻokahi wale nō kaʻina mai ka loaʻa ʻana o nā koena makamae.
ʻO ka huakaʻi kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā o nā Antiquities (SCA) e ʻeli ana i ka luakini a me kona wahi a puni ke alakaʻi ʻia e Kauka Zahi Hawass, ke kākau ʻōlelo nui o ka SCA, a me Kauka Kathleen Martinez, he haumāna mai ka Dominican Republic.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hawass, ʻo ka hoʻoikaika pū ʻana o ʻAigupita a me Dominican Republic no ka ʻeli ʻana i ka luakini e hoʻomau ʻia ana ma kahi o ʻekolu makahiki. ʻO ka noiʻi radar hou ka hana koʻikoʻi i lawe ʻia e ka hui a hiki i kēia lā. Ua hana ʻia e kahi hui radar akamai o ʻAigupita me ʻAmelika Kauka Roger Vickers e lawelawe ana ma ke ʻano he kūkākūkā. Ua hōʻike ka radar i ʻekolu mau wahi hoihoi kahi e loaʻa ai kahi lua kupapaʻu. Ua loaʻa i ka misionari nā hopena o ka noiʻi, a e hoʻomaka ana e ʻeli i kēlā me kēia o kēia mau wahi hoihoi ʻekolu i kēia pule aʻe.
ʻO ka mea nui loa i kūkulu ʻia ma Taposiris Magna, ʻo ia ka ʻike ʻana i kahi lua kupapaʻu nui i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma waho o ka pā o ka luakini. Ua loaʻa i ka huakaʻi he 27 mau lua kupapaʻu, he 20 o lākou e like me ka sarcophagi vaulted, ma lalo kahi hapa a ma luna o ka honua. ʻO nā ʻehiku i koe he alapiʻi e alakaʻi ana i nā keʻena kanu maʻalahi. I loko o kēia mau lua kupapaʻu, ua loaʻa i ka hui he 10 mau mummies, ʻelua o lākou i kāhiko ʻia. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia hale kupapaʻu e hōʻike ana e hiki ke kanu ʻia i loko o ka luakini kekahi kanaka koʻikoʻi, he kūlana aliʻi paha. He mea maʻamau i nā luna a me nā kānaka kūlana kiʻekiʻe ʻē aʻe ma ʻAigupita ke kūkulu i ko lākou mau lua kupapaʻu kokoke i ko lākou mau aliʻi i ka wā Pharaonic. ʻO ke ʻano o nā hale kupapaʻu hou i ʻike ʻia ua kūkulu ʻia lākou i ka wā Greco-Roman.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Martinez ua ʻeli ka huakaʻi i kahi luakini ma Taposiris Magna i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ke akua wahine ʻo Isis, a ua ʻike ʻia nā kālā e hōʻike ana i ka maka o Alexander the Great. Ua loaʻa iā lākou kekahi mau lua hohonu i loko o ka luakini, ʻekolu o ia mau mea me he mea lā ua hoʻohana ʻia no ke kanu ʻana. He mau lua kupapaʻu paha kēia o nā kānaka koʻikoʻi, a ua manaʻo nā alakaʻi o ka hui ua hiki ke kanu ʻia ʻo Cleopatra lāua ʻo Mark Antony i loko o kahi lua hohonu e like me nā mea i ʻike mua ʻia i loko o ka luakini.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Hawass, ua loaʻa i ka huakaʻi i kēia manawa kahi puʻupuʻu alabaster nani / poʻo o Cleopatra, me 22 mau ʻāpana e lawe ana i kāna kiʻi. Hōʻike ke kiʻi a me nā kālā iā ia he nani, e kūʻē ana i ka manaʻo i manaʻo ʻia e ka mea mālama hale hōʻikeʻike Pelekane he ʻino loa ke aliʻi wahine.
ʻO nā mea i loaʻa mai Taposiris e hōʻike ana i kahi leʻaleʻa i hiki ke hopu i ka puʻuwai o Julius Caesar lāua ʻo Mark Antony, a hōʻike ʻia ʻaʻole maikaʻi ʻo Cleopatra, wahi a Hawass. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole hōʻike nā hiʻohiʻona o ke poʻo i kālai ʻia i nā hōʻailona o ka moʻomeheu ʻApelika, e kūʻē ana i kahi kumumanaʻo hou. Ua loaʻa pū i ka hui nā amulets he nui me kahi kiʻi poʻo ʻole nani e pili ana i ka Ptolemaic Period. Ma waena o nā mea hoihoi loa i loaʻa, ʻo ia ka maka hoʻolewa kū hoʻokahi e hōʻike ana i ke kanaka me ka ʻāwae māwae. Ua like ka helehelena me nā kiʻi i ʻike ʻia o Mark Antony ponoʻī.
Ua kanu ʻia ʻo Antony lāua ʻo Cleopatra, ko lāua pilina ma hope mai e William Shakespeare a hoʻonoho ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao me Elizabeth Taylor lāua ʻo Richard Burton, i kanu ʻia i loko o kahi lua hohonu i loko o ka luakini kokoke i ke Kai Mediterranean. Ua pepehi ʻia nā mea aloha i ka makahiki 30 BC ma hope o ka lanakila ʻana i ke kaua ʻo Actium. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua pepehi ʻo Mark Antony iā ia iho me kāna pahi kaua, ʻoiai ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Cleopatra i hoʻopaʻa i kahi ʻawaʻawa ma kona umauma.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- After a radar survey of the temple of Taposiris Magna, west of Alexandria, Egypt, was completed last month as part of the search for the tomb of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, the team believes they’re only one step further from finding precious remains.
- It is possible that these shafts were the tombs of important people, and the team's leaders believe that Cleopatra and Mark Antony could have been buried in a deep shaft similar to those already discovered inside the temple.
- Martinez said that the expedition has excavated a temple at Taposiris Magna dedicated to the goddess Isis, and discovered coins depicting the face of Alexander the Great.
