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.

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 ...

For decades, scholars have believed that a skeleton discovered by archaeologists in the ruins of the ancient city of Ephesos in 1929 belonged to Cleopatra’s half-sister, Arsinoe IV. However, recent ...

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 ...

Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

Scientists thought its similarities to buildings from Ptolemaic Egypt — and the body found inside — meant it had been erected in memory of Cleopatra’s half sister, Arsinoë IV. Cleopatra ...