Lawyer-turned-archaeologist Kathleen Martinez has been on the hunt for Cleopatra VII’s tomb for nearly two decades. And now, she believes that she and her team have just unearthed a small marble bust of the Egyptian queen at the Taposiris Magna temple, west of Alexandria.

A statue discovered at Cleopatra’s tomb allegedly reveals the Egyptian queen’s true face. An Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission in collaboration with the National University Pedro Henríquez Ureña, led by Dr. Kathleen Martinez, uncovered new artifacts and ceremonial objects from the late Ptolemaic period.

A team led by Kathleen Martinez, who has worked for two decades in hopes of finding Cleopatra’s tomb, has unearthed new discoveries in an ancient city near Alexandria.

Archaeologists believe they may have uncovered the "true face" of Cleopatra, following the discovery of a white marble statue at an ancient Egyptian temple. The remarkable find was made by an Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission near Alexandria,