The Roman period in Egypt began in 30 B.C. after Cleopatra's death ... of another bust depicting a king wearing the "Nemes" — a headdress that goes over the head and down to the shoulders ...
Martinez believes this piece depicts Cleopatra VII, Egypt’s last Ptolemaic ruler ... found a limestone bust of a king wearing the Nemes headdress, commonly associated with pharaohs.
When archaeologist Kathleen Martinez led her Egyptian-Dominican ... statue of a king wearing the Nemes headdress of 337 coins — many of which featured Cleopatra’s image — oil lamps, a ...
Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and suspect it may be of the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. The dig also ...
Cunning, charming and captivating, the Egyptian Cleopatra was horrifying, yet fascinating to many of Rome’s citizens. Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the ...