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.

Cleopatra VII was the last ruler of Egypt’s Ptolemaic dynasty ... The team also unearthed a statue of a king wearing a headdress, as well as oil lamps, a bronze ring honoring the sky goddess ...

The discovery was made by an Egyptian-Dominican ... 337 coins which bear the image of Cleopatra VII, a limestone bust of a king adorned with the Nemes headdress, ceremonial pottery vessels ...

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 ...

Martinez told PBS she believes that Cleopatra, the last ruler of Egypt before the Roman conquest ... However, the marble head is wearing a royal diadem headdress, she noted, suggesting the ...