Cleopatra’s Final Secret Menu About Photos Releases Releases September 18, 2025 PIVOTAL DISCOVERY: SUBMERGED ANCIENT ‘PORT’ OFF EGYPT’S COAST COULD BE KEY IN HUNT FOR CLEOPATRA’S TOMB (WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sept. 18, 2025) Archeologist and National Geographic Explorer Kathleen Martinez’s 20-year hunt for Cleopatra’s tomb has reached a groundbreaking new milestone. With the help of National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard and a team of underwater archeologists, her latest findings at the ruins of Taposiris Magna—including a foundation plate at the temple site, a trove of artifacts, and a 4,265-foot underground tunnel she found in 2022—pointed directly to the discovery of a sunken port in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea. A series of colossal constructions, arranged in rows and over 20 feet high—including polished floors, cemented blocks, columns, smooth stone, as well as multiple anchors and amphora dated to the time of Cleopatra—suggest the submerged site could have been a port that was once used by Cleopatra. The underwater discovery adds further credence to Martinez’s theory that Cleopatra’s body was brought to Taposiris Magna, carried through the tunnel Press Release
September 18, 2025 PIVOTAL DISCOVERY: SUBMERGED ANCIENT ‘PORT’ OFF EGYPT’S COAST COULD BE KEY IN HUNT FOR CLEOPATRA’S TOMB (WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sept. 18, 2025) Archeologist and National Geographic Explorer Kathleen Martinez’s 20-year hunt for Cleopatra’s tomb has reached a groundbreaking new milestone. With the help of National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard and a team of underwater archeologists, her latest findings at the ruins of Taposiris Magna—including a foundation plate at the temple site, a trove of artifacts, and a 4,265-foot underground tunnel she found in 2022—pointed directly to the discovery of a sunken port in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea. A series of colossal constructions, arranged in rows and over 20 feet high—including polished floors, cemented blocks, columns, smooth stone, as well as multiple anchors and amphora dated to the time of Cleopatra—suggest the submerged site could have been a port that was once used by Cleopatra. The underwater discovery adds further credence to Martinez’s theory that Cleopatra’s body was brought to Taposiris Magna, carried through the tunnel Press Release
