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WILDMAN: On August 12, 30 B.C.,

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the last reigning ruler
of Egypt,

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Cleopatra VII,

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committed suicide by snake bite.

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To this day, her tomb
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Wow.

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There is no more powerful,
nor controversial woman

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in history than Cleopatra.

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The stunning and mercurial
leader of the Egyptian empire.

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For 2,000 years, her reputation
of striking beauty,

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murderous ambition,
and libertine lust

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has defined the reputation,

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her reputation as the last
Pharaoh of ancient Egypt.

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But is this the real story?

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How much do we actually know
about the real Cleopatra?

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What new clues are
being discovered today?

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Now we send this to the lab.

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You're rewriting history.

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With cutting edge technology...

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There is a whole world beneath.

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It's incredible.

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...just how close are we to
discovering Cleopatra's tomb?

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So something is beneath here
and you are refusing

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to give up until you find it.

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It's a matter of time.

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From the catacombs of
ancient Alexandria...

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Down to find Cleopatra's tomb.

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...to ancient ruins
on the ocean floor.

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Wow.

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Who was Cleopatra?

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Here is a woman ruling at a time

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when it was all about men.

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WILDMAN: And where is her
final resting place?

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It's a quest to
discover her tomb.

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And reveal the true legacy of
Egypt's most enigmatic queen.

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It's incredible to think that
Cleopatra's tomb could be

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somewhere right beneath my feet.

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Wow!

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I'm Don Wildman.

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I've explored the world's
greatest mysteries,

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examined rare artifacts
and epic monuments.

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That is unbelievable.

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Now I'm digging deeper into
some of the most perplexing

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and famous cases in history.

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My goal?
To get closer to the truth.

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-Let's burn this place down.
-Let's burn it down.

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On this special episode of

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"Mysteries at the Museum:
Cleopatra."

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After more than 2,000 years,

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Cleopatra endures
as one of the most fascinating

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and iconic female
leaders in history.

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A Pharaoh queen, she ruled over
one of the greatest kingdoms

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of the ancient world -- Egypt.

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Fearlessly taking on
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she seduced both
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two of the most powerful men
in Western history.

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The name Cleopatra evokes
a lasting image of a sexy

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and ambitious woman.

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A temptress who would
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what she wanted.

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From Shakespeare to Hollywood,

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Cleopatra is ingrained
in our cultural consciousness

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as history's
most famous femme fatale.

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But how accurate is
all of this history?

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Many of the details
of Cleopatra's life

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are either unknown
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So how do we begin to separate
the notorious reputation

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from the woman who ruled
as Egypt's last Pharaoh?

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Many believe the missing
pieces could be revealed

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with the discovery of her tomb.

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After more than 2,000 years,
it has yet to be found.

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So can we uncover her
final resting place

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and fill in the missing
pieces once and for all?

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To find out, I first need to
separate fact from fiction

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and learn about the true
details of her life.

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And to begin this journey,
we need to travel back

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to 69 B.C.,

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the year Cleopatra was born.

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Although she was born in Egypt

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and was Egypt's
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she was not, in fact, Egyptian.

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She was Greek.

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So how did Egypt end up
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After Alexander the Great,
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conquered Egypt in 320 B.C.E.,

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he gifted the empire
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Ptolemy I, who took
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an Egyptian royal ruler.

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For the next 250 years,
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Greek Pharaohs in power.

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In the year 69 B.C.,
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into this royal family,
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So what was life really like
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I've come to her birthplace,
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Named after
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it's a port city on
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in northern Egypt.

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2,000 years ago,
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it was the largest port in
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of ancient Egypt.

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Still one of the most important
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Alexandria even surpassed
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Walking around this
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it's immediately evident
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Cleopatra's Alexandria anymore.

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I mean, there's no sign of that.

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There's no sign of the dazzling
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that made this place
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of the Mediterranean.

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It's gone.

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But with any ancient city,
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into the past, a way
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And here in Alexandria,
you start underground

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to see the hidden layers
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of the story of Egypt's
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Hello, Colin,
how are you doing?

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Hi, Don,
welcome to Alexandria.

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-How's it going?
-Thank you very much.

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WILDMAN: Colin Clement
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who knows where to find
the layers of

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Alexandria's ancient past

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that tell the true
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Layers that may help lead us
closer to her tomb.

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There is no place that
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of both Greek and Egyptian
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the catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa,

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considered one
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of the Middle Ages.

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Wow, what is this place?

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Colin tells me the story of
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in these catacombs.

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Now this is the main tomb
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So I am seeing a lot of
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Oh, absolutely.
This is expressing Alexandria.

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Very much Alexandria about
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It's the sort of cultural
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which was layered.
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it's purely Egyptian in form.

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We have the cobra with
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it's all speaks of Egypt.

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you see suddenly
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That medallion, that shield,
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Who was the great, you know,
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-But then look at its head.
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And that's the crown of
upper and lower Egypt.
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So we have Greek imagery,

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but with an Egyptian
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being shared in this
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So this is a perfect
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what was happening
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-Greek and Egyptian.
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We know Cleopatra was
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to learn the local language,
to speak Egyptian.
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WILDMAN:
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Cleopatra had the support
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and she furthered this loyalty
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that all Pharaohs have
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Cleopatra aligned herself
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Egyptian goddess, Isis.

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So once she assumes power,
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What does she want to become?

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independence for Egypt.

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Try to fend off the outside
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Cleopatra's only problem.

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It turns out Cleopatra wasn't
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She shared the throne
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to whom she was married.

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So Cleopatra, 18 years old,
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She's a co-regent, yeah?

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Which is not
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for the rulers.
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there seemed to be some
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Okay, but she's been
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I mean, she'd been groomed into,
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the political machinations
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She is 300 years a distillation
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a great education.

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I mean, she's been
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So she has to navigate
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but also the factions
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Eventually,
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expel her from the capital.

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She goes to Sinai Peninsula,
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So exile, yes.

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Mm, she's not been kicked
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She's not been murdered.

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She's been pushed away
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She's in some three years or so
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She's away from
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it's what happens
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What's happening just across
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that's gonna give her
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Because Rome is rising.

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Oh, Rome has risen and it's
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-And take over Egypt.
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WILDMAN: Although Rome, who's
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had always been
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to Egypt's independence,
it would turn out to be the key

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to Cleopatra's
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and to regaining her throne.

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At this point in Rome,
there's civil war, right?

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There's civil war, indeed, yes.

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I mean, there's a major clash
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of the period --
Julius Caesar and Pompey.
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Pompey and Caesar
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military men fighting for
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So a civil war
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and Pompey results in what?
-Mm-hmm.

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Well, there's a massive
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-Pompey is defeated --
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...and he flees down south

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across the Mediterranean
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What happens to Pompey here?

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so they presumed
Caesar is in pursuit.
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So almost before Pompey
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they assassinate him.

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In tribute to Caesar?

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Yes, they can see that Pompey
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Caesar is today's man.

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And they wanna be on side
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dressed in the imperial red,

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Julius Caesar
arrived in Alexandria.

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The local Egyptian soldiers,

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as commanded by
Cleopatra's brother,

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presented him
with the head of Pompey,

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his defeated rival.

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Caesar was not happy
to find that someone

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of Pompey's grandeur had been
just slaughtered like that.
Okay.

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Now, for Cleopatra,
who's been out of favor

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and out of power, she sees
that her sibling has made

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a false move.

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This is the beginning of
Cleopatra's return from exile.

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-Her comeback, yes.
-Yeah.

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WILDMAN: Julius Caesar decided
to stay in Alexandria.

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His army eventually killing
Cleopatra's brother.

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With her brother now dead,
Cleopatra saw an opportunity

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to regain her throne.

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So, she devised a master plan.

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But would it work?

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This is the crypt.

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This is where they would
hide all their treasure.

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WILDMAN: What's the truth
behind the events

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that led to her suicide?

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That's Caesarion.
That's her son.

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That's her secret weapon.

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WILDMAN: Can we find the real
answers hidden in her tomb?

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Wow!

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WILDMAN: I'm on a quest to
discover Cleopatra's tomb

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and reveal, once and for all,

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the true legacy
of Egypt's last pharaoh.

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But until we make that
discovery,

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we're left
to fill in the pieces of

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this complicated puzzle.

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What we know is that Cleopatra
was forced into exile

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by her brother.

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She then waited patiently
for her opportunity

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to regain the throne.

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And when Julius Caesar
arrived in Alexandria,

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she prepared to make her move
and devised a master plan.

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It's the stuff of legend.

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Here's how the story goes.

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Now, under the cloak of
darkness, Cleopatra approaches,

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right here in these waters,
Alexandria Harbor,

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in the company of her
most trusted advisor

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in a tiny little wooden
boat in complete secrecy.

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She has that advisor

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wrap her in a carpet

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and hoisted onto his shoulder
and he walks right

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to Caesar's quarters.

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He is then presenting this
carpet as a gift to Caesar.

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And he unrolls the carpet
in the quarters,

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and who should roll out
with it but Cleopatra.

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Now at this point, Caesar
is the most powerful man

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in the world looking down

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at a 21-year-old
stunning young queen.

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And the history of
the world is changed forever.

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Cleopatra's plan had been
executed to perfection.

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She was the queen
of Egypt once again.

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She and Caesar embarked
on a very public

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and flagrant relationship.

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Together, they took
a four-month trip on the Nile

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where Cleopatra introduced
Caesar to the great pyramids.

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The couple were adored
wherever they went.

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But if their fiery romance
could bind them politically

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as well, then Cleopatra
could accomplish more

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than just returning Egypt
to its former glory.

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She would be the most
powerful woman in the world.

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And that's exactly what happened
when she became pregnant

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with Caesar's child.

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In 46 B.C., Cleopatra
gave birth to a boy

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and called him Caesarion,
also known as Little Caesar.

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With her ties to Caesar
cemented by blood,

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Cleopatra and her new
family split their time

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between Alexandria and Rome.

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The legendary seductress had
rendered the Roman Empire

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a powerless threat to Egypt.

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But this newfound
security wouldn't last.

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Caesar had grown
into a dictator.

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Fearing the emperor's
unchecked power,

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the Roman senate staged a coupe,
and on March 15, 44 B.C.,

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Caesar was assassinated in
Rome by his own government.

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So who would lead Caesar's
empire and what would that mean

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for the fate of Cleopatra
and her son Caesarion?

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Being a Pharaoh meant
that Cleopatra had

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a direct connection
to the gods.

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She was a living goddess.

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She considered herself
to be the incarnation

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of the most popular
Egyptian goddess, Isis.

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Performing religious rituals,
building new temples,

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embellishing old ones,
she took special care

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to maintain the loyalty
and good will of the people.

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I've traveled to
the Temple of Hathor in Dendera,

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one of the best preserved
temple complexes in Egypt.

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Wow.

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Oh, my goodness, look at this.

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And one of Cleopatra's most
exquisite accomplishments.

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Man.

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The present Temple of Hathor
was largely built

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by Cleopatra and her father,
and the wealth it held could be

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the key to Cleopatra's survival,

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even after Caesar's
assassination.

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-Dr. Ikram, how are you?
-Hey, Don. Nice to see you.

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Glad you made it. I know.
Amazing, isn't it?
Breathtaking interior.

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WILDMAN: Famed Egyptologist
Dr. Selima Ikram,

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is a professor at

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the American University
in Cairo.

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This was built by?

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It was Cleopatra's
father who started it.
Okay.

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But then he died and so
Cleopatra finished it off

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and she's also responsible for
all the splendid decoration.

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By building the temple,
decorating it, she was showing

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the people that she cared.

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WILDMAN:
Without Caesar's protection,

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how will Cleopatra
protect her empire?

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-Caesar is dead.
-Yeah.

361
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This has huge implications,
obviously, for Egypt, right?

362
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Yeah, it's a complete
disaster because without him,

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she is open to being
preyed upon by Rome.

364
00:17:21,708 --> 00:17:23,107
Right, exactly.

365
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When Caesar dies,
there's a huge power vacuum,

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and it's going to be
filled by two people.

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One, Octavian.

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And the other, Mark Antony.

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But they're really different
people who are supposed

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to be ruling Rome together,
and neither one of them

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really wants to share.

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And where does
Cleopatra fit into this?

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Ah, she has to come up
with another strategy.

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Just pull this up.

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Oh, okay.

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And...there we go.

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-Like so, huh?
-Mm-hmm.

378
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[ Chuckles ] That's great.

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-Down you go.
-Okay.

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Oh, this is great.

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This is the crypt.

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It's one of the great
secrets of Dendera.
Oh, I see.

383
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This is where they would hide
all their treasure.
Oh, okay.

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With Caesar dead, Cleopatra
makes elaborate preparations

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and she sails off to Tarsus,
which is in Asia Minor Turkey,

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and set her sights
on Mark Antony.

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And of course, at this point,
he's been doing battle

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and not doing too well.
-Mm-hmm.

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So he needs money.
Gold, wealth.

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And Cleopatra has all of that.

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And she sails up
the river in this barge

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that she's prepared.

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Huge boat, gilded oars, people
dressed very elaborately,

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little boys dressed as cupid,
and she comes

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in Diaphanous clothing,
clad as a goddess.

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She's Isis.

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And here, for example,
you see this broad collar,

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which was originally gold
and incredibly heavy.
Okay.

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00:18:56,369 --> 00:18:57,869
-She would've been wearing it.
-Yeah.

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So this is something that
Mark Antony would've seen

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as very real value.

402
00:19:01,808 --> 00:19:04,075
And so, this is
how it all starts.

403
00:19:04,077 --> 00:19:05,343
-This is high-stakes stuff.
-Absolutely.

404
00:19:05,345 --> 00:19:08,613
This is her whole life
she's putting into this.

405
00:19:08,615 --> 00:19:09,881
Not just her life.

406
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Much more important,
it's her empire.

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00:19:14,955 --> 00:19:16,620
WILDMAN: What started out
as a political move

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by Cleopatra quickly turned
into a heated relationship

409
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and Mark Antony decided to
go back to Egypt with her.

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00:19:25,499 --> 00:19:27,032
-Passion did take over.
-Okay.

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Foolishly.

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WILDMAN: For the second time,

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Cleopatra had
successfully seduced

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the leader of Rome.

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00:19:35,242 --> 00:19:37,441
They really are
wonderfully well suited,

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00:19:37,443 --> 00:19:38,843
having a great time.

417
00:19:38,845 --> 00:19:42,113
Except the longer Mark Antony
stays with Cleopatra,

418
00:19:42,115 --> 00:19:44,315
the more complicated
things become in Rome.

419
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In what way?

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00:19:45,785 --> 00:19:48,052
Well, he's losing his popularity
because he's hanging out

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with this Eastern woman.

422
00:19:49,489 --> 00:19:53,057
So he decides that he is
going to strategically go back

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to Rome and marry his
coregent Octavian's sister.
Oh, okay.

424
00:19:57,597 --> 00:19:59,130
Octavia.

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A classic political
maneuver among royalty.
Absolutely.

426
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And so he goes back, does this.

427
00:20:03,470 --> 00:20:06,471
Octavia is this wonderful,
perfect sort of person,

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and so the Romans
feel very happy again.

429
00:20:08,275 --> 00:20:10,742
And of course, Cleopatra
is not quite so happy.
Right.

430
00:20:10,744 --> 00:20:14,345
But she does understand that
this is a political ploy.

431
00:20:14,347 --> 00:20:18,082
WILDMAN: Despite his marriage to
his rival Octavian's sister,

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Antony continued his love
affair with Cleopatra

433
00:20:21,487 --> 00:20:23,087
and he married her, too.

434
00:20:23,089 --> 00:20:25,690
They had three
children together.

435
00:20:25,692 --> 00:20:29,093
This put further strain on
Antony's relations with Rome.

436
00:20:29,095 --> 00:20:32,897
And fearing Octavian might
order Mark Antony killed

437
00:20:32,899 --> 00:20:34,165
for marrying her.

438
00:20:34,167 --> 00:20:35,700
That's incredible.

439
00:20:35,702 --> 00:20:37,769
Cleopatra devised a backup plan.

440
00:20:37,771 --> 00:20:40,704
So this entire picture
is leading up to the star

441
00:20:40,706 --> 00:20:43,307
of the show,
Cleopatra right there.
Yeah.

442
00:20:43,309 --> 00:20:45,376
-And next to her?
-That's Caesarion.

443
00:20:45,378 --> 00:20:48,045
That's her son.
That's her secret weapon.

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00:20:48,047 --> 00:20:51,850
WILDMAN: Caesarion,
the first-born son of Cleopatra

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00:20:51,852 --> 00:20:54,519
and Julius Caesar,
a possible heir to the throne

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00:20:54,521 --> 00:20:56,854
of both Egypt and Rome.

447
00:20:59,593 --> 00:21:01,993
For Cleopatra, she's making
a huge public statement

448
00:21:01,995 --> 00:21:04,662
about this is my son.
-Mm-hmm.

449
00:21:04,664 --> 00:21:08,333
And he is going to, in fact,
take over the country.

450
00:21:08,335 --> 00:21:11,001
And this is marking him
as the heir apparent,

451
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so it really is a public
acclimation of them

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as a ruling couple.
-Okay.

453
00:21:15,942 --> 00:21:17,875
This is also something
that she can say,

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00:21:17,877 --> 00:21:21,813
"I have a king to rule with me,"
so should things go

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00:21:21,815 --> 00:21:26,150
pear-shaped with Mark Antony,
she has someone.

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WILDMAN:
And things did go pear-shaped.

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After several years of tension,
Octavian declared war

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against Cleopatra
and Mark Antony.

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And defeated Antony's
forces in Alexandria.

460
00:21:36,963 --> 00:21:41,432
But Antony didn't die.

461
00:21:41,434 --> 00:21:45,236
Octavian, aware of his leverage,
sends word to Cleopatra

462
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that if she kills Mark Antony,
he may spare her life

463
00:21:48,508 --> 00:21:50,841
and be open to
political negotiation

464
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of who will rule Egypt.

465
00:21:54,180 --> 00:21:56,648
Cleopatra realizes
she's not powerful enough

466
00:21:56,650 --> 00:21:59,183
to expel Mark Antony from Egypt.

467
00:21:59,185 --> 00:22:01,853
And she has not
the stomach to assassinate him.

468
00:22:01,855 --> 00:22:05,055
But is she willing to
lose her empire for love?

469
00:22:05,057 --> 00:22:07,792
So she conceives
of a chilling plot.

470
00:22:07,794 --> 00:22:10,862
She has a message sent
to Mark Antony that says

471
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she has killed herself.

472
00:22:12,332 --> 00:22:13,798
Her hope?

473
00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:15,200
That upon hearing
the news of her death,

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Antony would take his own life.

475
00:22:17,537 --> 00:22:19,804
And that is exactly
what happened.

476
00:22:19,806 --> 00:22:21,539
Upon hearing the news
of his great love,

477
00:22:21,541 --> 00:22:23,408
Mark Antony falls on his sword.

478
00:22:23,410 --> 00:22:26,543
But this romantic act
of suicide does not

479
00:22:26,545 --> 00:22:28,079
immediately kill him.

480
00:22:28,081 --> 00:22:31,615
So he has himself
carried to the place

481
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where Cleopatra's
body's supposed to be.

482
00:22:33,953 --> 00:22:36,421
There, upon finding her
still alive,

483
00:22:36,423 --> 00:22:39,356
he tells her
to make her peace with Octavian.

484
00:22:39,358 --> 00:22:44,362
And then, and only then,
does Mark Antony die.

485
00:22:46,900 --> 00:22:50,168
When Octavian finally
reached Cleopatra,

486
00:22:50,170 --> 00:22:51,969
she tried to seduce him.

487
00:22:51,971 --> 00:22:54,105
But he resister her charms.

488
00:22:54,107 --> 00:22:57,442
He also resisted her son
Caesarion as a possible heir

489
00:22:57,444 --> 00:22:59,243
to the throne.

490
00:22:59,245 --> 00:23:01,445
She was out of options.

491
00:23:01,447 --> 00:23:05,916
As lore famously tells it,
she has a poison snake smuggled

492
00:23:05,918 --> 00:23:08,252
to her in a basket of figs.

493
00:23:08,254 --> 00:23:11,856
And then, fearless as ever,
she had that snake bite her

494
00:23:11,858 --> 00:23:14,525
repeatedly upon
the chest until she succumbed

495
00:23:14,527 --> 00:23:17,929
to its deadly poison.

496
00:23:17,931 --> 00:23:21,532
And in a last act of love
and devotion, she arranged

497
00:23:21,534 --> 00:23:25,202
to have her body buried
next to Mark Antony.

498
00:23:25,204 --> 00:23:29,073
Cleopatra, the last of
the Ptolemaic dynasty,

499
00:23:29,075 --> 00:23:32,944
the last queen of Egypt,
the last Pharaoh,

500
00:23:32,946 --> 00:23:34,878
was dead at 39.

501
00:23:40,420 --> 00:23:43,488
Cleopatra's legacy is one
of history's most powerful

502
00:23:43,490 --> 00:23:46,957
and independent female
leaders is unquestionable.

503
00:23:46,959 --> 00:23:49,226
Yet the role she's
most remembered for is

504
00:23:49,228 --> 00:23:50,762
that of a seductress.

505
00:23:50,764 --> 00:23:53,831
A woman who used her
gender and sensuality

506
00:23:53,833 --> 00:23:57,167
to manipulate the most powerful
men in the ancient world.

507
00:23:57,169 --> 00:23:59,703
But what is the Cleopatra
we presume to know

508
00:23:59,705 --> 00:24:01,039
was much different?

509
00:24:01,041 --> 00:24:05,376
What if she was more complex
and compelling queen, after all?

510
00:24:05,378 --> 00:24:10,181
Who was the real Cleopatra?

511
00:24:10,183 --> 00:24:13,050
To find out, I'm searching
for her lost tomb.

512
00:24:13,052 --> 00:24:15,853
So we enter the tomb over here.

513
00:24:15,855 --> 00:24:18,122
Cleopatra's tomb might
be somewhere right

514
00:24:18,124 --> 00:24:22,326
beneath my feet.

515
00:24:32,405 --> 00:24:34,405
WILDMAN:
I'm on a quest to uncover

516
00:24:34,407 --> 00:24:37,008
the lost tomb of Cleopatra,

517
00:24:37,010 --> 00:24:39,143
Egypt's most enigmatic queen.

518
00:24:42,749 --> 00:24:45,950
As legend goes, after Cleopatra
took her own life,

519
00:24:45,952 --> 00:24:49,219
she was buried in
a tomb with Mark Antony.

520
00:24:49,221 --> 00:24:53,691
A tomb that has
never been found.

521
00:24:53,693 --> 00:24:56,627
With her death,
the Kingdom of Egypt was annexed

522
00:24:56,629 --> 00:24:58,095
by the Roman Empire,

523
00:24:58,097 --> 00:25:02,766
and the Ptolemaic Pharaoh
dynasty came to an end.

524
00:25:02,768 --> 00:25:04,902
In the two millennia
since her death,

525
00:25:04,904 --> 00:25:08,372
Cleopatra's life and legacy
has been largely defined

526
00:25:08,374 --> 00:25:10,841
by what her Roman enemies
wrote about her.

527
00:25:10,843 --> 00:25:12,176
That she was
a dangerous seductress

528
00:25:12,178 --> 00:25:13,778
who used her sexuality

529
00:25:13,780 --> 00:25:17,181
and ambition to reach
for power that was beyond

530
00:25:17,183 --> 00:25:20,651
what was proper for a woman.

531
00:25:20,653 --> 00:25:23,454
But we sometimes forget
that this was a real woman

532
00:25:23,456 --> 00:25:25,322
who ruled one of
the greatest civilizations

533
00:25:25,324 --> 00:25:26,924
of the ancient world

534
00:25:26,926 --> 00:25:29,460
and who died
trying to save her kingdom

535
00:25:29,462 --> 00:25:31,328
from Roman conquest.

536
00:25:31,330 --> 00:25:33,797
So, beyond the myth,
beyond the propaganda,

537
00:25:33,799 --> 00:25:37,135
who was the woman
behind the formidable

538
00:25:37,137 --> 00:25:39,003
and fabled queen of Egypt?

539
00:25:39,005 --> 00:25:41,138
And how do we tease out
the truth

540
00:25:41,140 --> 00:25:43,540
from her licentious reputation?

541
00:25:47,413 --> 00:25:49,413
My search for
the truth has brought me

542
00:25:49,415 --> 00:25:52,617
to the Library of Alexandria.

543
00:25:52,619 --> 00:25:56,353
Wow.

544
00:25:56,355 --> 00:25:58,689
This library was
a great seed of knowledge

545
00:25:58,691 --> 00:26:01,759
in the ancient world during
the reign of Cleopatra.

546
00:26:01,761 --> 00:26:04,162
But it was completely
destroyed by a fire.

547
00:26:04,164 --> 00:26:07,832
It was reborn in 2002
to reclaim the mantle

548
00:26:07,834 --> 00:26:10,368
of its ancient glory.

549
00:26:10,370 --> 00:26:13,104
This extraordinary
architectural wonder is home

550
00:26:13,106 --> 00:26:16,974
to a vast complex where arts,
history, philosophy,

551
00:26:16,976 --> 00:26:20,845
and science all come together.

552
00:26:20,847 --> 00:26:22,914
-Dr. Basir?
-Hi, how are you?

553
00:26:22,916 --> 00:26:24,448
-Nice to meet you.
-Nice meeting you.

554
00:26:24,450 --> 00:26:27,451
WILDMAN: Dr. Hussein Basir is
the director of

555
00:26:27,453 --> 00:26:31,455
the Antiquity Museum
at the Alexandria Library.

556
00:26:31,457 --> 00:26:34,925
Dr. Basir has offered
to show me ancient text

557
00:26:34,927 --> 00:26:40,598
that may hold the secrets
to the real Cleopatra.

558
00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,734
So, Dr. Basir,
my version of Cleopatra,

559
00:26:43,736 --> 00:26:48,205
a seductress, a harlot,
a manipulator of men.

560
00:26:48,207 --> 00:26:50,508
That's what I was raised with.
That's the Western version.

561
00:26:50,510 --> 00:26:53,077
It was kind of
a negative Cleopatra.
Yes.

562
00:26:53,079 --> 00:26:55,813
Mm.

563
00:26:58,017 --> 00:27:01,085
Dr. Basir tells me that
this Western view is

564
00:27:01,087 --> 00:27:04,554
actually influenced by
Octavian who had vowed

565
00:27:04,556 --> 00:27:08,225
to destroy Cleopatra's
reputation.

566
00:27:08,227 --> 00:27:10,161
And with her finally
out of the picture,

567
00:27:10,163 --> 00:27:12,296
that's exactly what happened.

568
00:27:12,298 --> 00:27:16,100
The story of Cleopatra
is retold by the Romans.
Yes.

569
00:27:16,102 --> 00:27:18,168
And we end up
with that version.
Yes.

570
00:27:18,170 --> 00:27:20,437
Until now.

571
00:27:20,439 --> 00:27:23,574
In recent years, scholars
across the world have begun

572
00:27:23,576 --> 00:27:26,510
to question the accepted
history of Cleopatra.

573
00:27:26,512 --> 00:27:29,914
Thanks largely to medieval
Islamic Egyptian texts

574
00:27:29,916 --> 00:27:32,183
that tell of a much
different story.

575
00:27:32,185 --> 00:27:34,919
So this is whole different
version of Cleopatra.
Yes.

576
00:27:34,921 --> 00:27:36,154
Tell me what it says.

577
00:27:45,865 --> 00:27:48,031
Interesting.

578
00:27:48,033 --> 00:27:49,666
Wow, okay.

579
00:27:49,668 --> 00:27:52,536
To the ancient Greeks,
a sage was a philosopher.

580
00:27:52,538 --> 00:27:55,806
The bearer of great wisdom.

581
00:27:55,808 --> 00:27:57,475
-So a sage, a philosopher.
-Yes.

582
00:27:57,477 --> 00:28:01,179
This woman is smart.
She's worldly, sophisticated.
Yes.

583
00:28:04,951 --> 00:28:06,450
Interesting.

584
00:28:09,755 --> 00:28:13,424
Wow!

585
00:28:13,426 --> 00:28:17,562
So, Cleopatra was linked
to the medical profession.

586
00:28:17,564 --> 00:28:21,031
She was an established
author and a savant.

587
00:28:21,033 --> 00:28:23,100
And in addition to being
the first Greek pharaoh

588
00:28:23,102 --> 00:28:25,836
to actually speak Egyptian,
she was fluent

589
00:28:25,838 --> 00:28:28,572
in nine other languages.

590
00:28:28,574 --> 00:28:31,575
But perhaps the most interesting
thing about these texts is

591
00:28:31,577 --> 00:28:33,443
what's not included.

592
00:28:33,445 --> 00:28:35,979
There's no mention of
Cleopatra's assorted

593
00:28:35,981 --> 00:28:39,316
love affairs and scandals.

594
00:28:39,318 --> 00:28:40,851
You see?
That's different.

595
00:28:40,853 --> 00:28:42,453
Yeah, but we've been
sold a story, haven't we?

596
00:28:42,455 --> 00:28:44,855
This is a misogynistic,
chauvinistic view of history,

597
00:28:44,857 --> 00:28:48,059
isn't it?
-Yes, yes, yes.

598
00:28:48,061 --> 00:28:49,459
What seems clear is that

599
00:28:49,461 --> 00:28:52,463
Cleopatra has been
hugely misrepresented.

600
00:28:52,465 --> 00:28:54,865
But scholars are beginning
to revise this image.

601
00:28:54,867 --> 00:28:56,600
We're beginning to
think differently

602
00:28:56,602 --> 00:28:58,402
about this iconic queen.

603
00:29:03,009 --> 00:29:05,609
One of the most enduring
myths that has dominated

604
00:29:05,611 --> 00:29:08,746
our idea of Cleopatra
through the ages is the one

605
00:29:08,748 --> 00:29:11,481
that surrounds her beauty.

606
00:29:11,483 --> 00:29:14,085
In the West, from
the early Greeks and Romans

607
00:29:14,087 --> 00:29:16,754
through Shakespeare
and ultimately emblazoned

608
00:29:16,756 --> 00:29:19,624
into our cultural
consciousness by Hollywood,

609
00:29:19,626 --> 00:29:22,293
Cleopatra is represented
as the quintessential,

610
00:29:22,295 --> 00:29:24,562
sultry femme fatale.

611
00:29:24,564 --> 00:29:27,230
When I think of Cleopatra,
I immediately think

612
00:29:27,232 --> 00:29:29,366
of Elizabeth Taylor's
iconic performance

613
00:29:29,368 --> 00:29:30,768
opposite Richard Burton.

614
00:29:30,770 --> 00:29:33,237
A beautiful
and bewitching seductress.

615
00:29:33,239 --> 00:29:35,773
But does any visual
evidence exist today

616
00:29:35,775 --> 00:29:38,909
that tells us how
Cleopatra actually looked?

617
00:29:38,911 --> 00:29:41,646
I'm here at
the Grand Egyptian Museum.

618
00:29:41,648 --> 00:29:44,381
It's known as the largest
archeology museum in the world,

619
00:29:44,383 --> 00:29:46,116
still under construction.

620
00:29:46,118 --> 00:29:48,385
And I've been given
special access into the lab

621
00:29:48,387 --> 00:29:50,855
where the only
artifacts that exist

622
00:29:50,857 --> 00:29:52,322
about Cleopatra are stored.

623
00:29:57,597 --> 00:30:00,397
Ancient coins discovered
at a recent archeological dig

624
00:30:00,399 --> 00:30:03,734
are decorated with
Cleopatra's profile.

625
00:30:03,736 --> 00:30:06,137
This new evidence
calls into question

626
00:30:06,139 --> 00:30:08,939
our notions of
the beautiful queen.

627
00:30:08,941 --> 00:30:10,808
Here, take a look at this.

628
00:30:10,810 --> 00:30:12,943
That's amazing.

629
00:30:12,945 --> 00:30:16,614
Now, the tiny images
here on these coins belie

630
00:30:16,616 --> 00:30:19,015
their importance,
the huge importance of these.

631
00:30:19,017 --> 00:30:22,486
These are one of the few
existing visual depictions

632
00:30:22,488 --> 00:30:26,957
of Cleopatra, of her face, that
still exist from that time.

633
00:30:26,959 --> 00:30:29,960
But you look closer
at her and that is not

634
00:30:29,962 --> 00:30:31,828
the Cleopatra I know,
you know,

635
00:30:31,830 --> 00:30:34,898
from popular, you know,
mythology.

636
00:30:34,900 --> 00:30:36,967
This is a different
looking woman.

637
00:30:36,969 --> 00:30:39,103
Not necessarily
the ravishing portrait

638
00:30:39,105 --> 00:30:41,571
that I would've expected.

639
00:30:41,573 --> 00:30:44,375
If we've gotten this wrong,
her physicality,

640
00:30:44,377 --> 00:30:47,178
what else about Cleopatra
have we gotten wrong?

641
00:30:50,316 --> 00:30:52,516
But perhaps the biggest
mystery of all is

642
00:30:52,518 --> 00:30:54,385
what happened to
her body afterwards.

643
00:30:54,387 --> 00:30:57,454
Archeologists around
the world continue to search

644
00:30:57,456 --> 00:31:00,257
and theorize about
the location of her tomb.

645
00:31:00,259 --> 00:31:02,793
But the burning
question still remains.

646
00:31:02,795 --> 00:31:05,862
Where was Cleopatra
finally laid to rest?

647
00:31:19,829 --> 00:31:22,563
I'm in Egypt uncovering
the truth

648
00:31:22,565 --> 00:31:26,767
behind its last
ruling pharaoh -- Cleopatra.

649
00:31:26,769 --> 00:31:29,769
But with all the swirling
mysteries behind her reign

650
00:31:29,771 --> 00:31:33,107
and eventual suicide,
one stands above all,

651
00:31:33,109 --> 00:31:34,842
where is her tomb?

652
00:31:37,313 --> 00:31:39,580
Connecting Cleopatra's
physical legacy

653
00:31:39,582 --> 00:31:42,516
to modern day Alexandria
has proven to be one

654
00:31:42,518 --> 00:31:44,918
of the biggest challenges
for archeologists

655
00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:46,653
and historians alike.

656
00:31:46,655 --> 00:31:48,655
By the 14th century,

657
00:31:48,657 --> 00:31:50,791
any trace of
Ptolemaic Alexandria

658
00:31:50,793 --> 00:31:52,458
was basically gone.

659
00:31:52,460 --> 00:31:54,861
What hadn't been lost
to the ravages of war

660
00:31:54,863 --> 00:31:58,398
and time was destroyed
by natural catastrophe.

661
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:01,402
A series of devastating
earthquakes and the tsunamis

662
00:32:01,404 --> 00:32:04,204
to follow had basically
destroyed Cleopatra's court

663
00:32:04,206 --> 00:32:07,941
and palace and it was
submerged into the sea.

664
00:32:07,943 --> 00:32:11,478
And for more than 1,500 years,
that's where it remained.

665
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:13,080
Lost to the sands of time.

666
00:32:13,082 --> 00:32:14,548
How you doing?

667
00:32:14,550 --> 00:32:17,217
But in the '90s, remarkable
underwater archeological

668
00:32:17,219 --> 00:32:20,154
discoveries started being
made right out here,

669
00:32:20,156 --> 00:32:24,825
in Alexandria's eastern harbor.

670
00:32:24,827 --> 00:32:27,161
Many archeologists
and historians believe

671
00:32:27,163 --> 00:32:29,763
that when her palace
collapsed into the harbor,

672
00:32:29,765 --> 00:32:33,700
Cleopatra's royal tomb
went down with it.

673
00:32:33,702 --> 00:32:35,702
Down to find Cleopatra's tomb.

674
00:32:44,379 --> 00:32:47,581
It's just extraordinary to
see and touch the remains...

675
00:32:47,583 --> 00:32:48,782
Wow.

676
00:32:48,784 --> 00:32:52,319
...of Cleopatra's palace
after thousands of years.

677
00:32:54,723 --> 00:32:57,791
It's also clear trying to
find her royal tomb hidden

678
00:32:57,793 --> 00:33:02,929
somewhere on the ocean floor
would be nearly impossible.

679
00:33:02,931 --> 00:33:07,400
If it was there at all.

680
00:33:07,402 --> 00:33:10,871
It turns out a controversy is
brewing among archeologists

681
00:33:10,873 --> 00:33:14,140
about other possible locations
for the final resting place

682
00:33:14,142 --> 00:33:16,476
of Egypt's last pharaoh,

683
00:33:16,478 --> 00:33:20,747
where the truth about her legacy
could be discovered.

684
00:33:20,749 --> 00:33:23,417
I'm about 45 minutes
outside of Alexandria

685
00:33:23,419 --> 00:33:26,753
at a site known as
Taposiris Magna.

686
00:33:26,755 --> 00:33:29,622
This is one of
the publicized digs in Egypt.

687
00:33:29,624 --> 00:33:31,091
Currently underway

688
00:33:31,093 --> 00:33:33,894
and possibly at a very
exciting juncture.

689
00:33:33,896 --> 00:33:35,762
I'm meeting a maverick
archeologist

690
00:33:35,764 --> 00:33:37,030
who's making headlines

691
00:33:37,032 --> 00:33:39,899
in her quest to find
Cleopatra's tomb.

692
00:33:39,901 --> 00:33:43,036
Is it possible the tomb
is about to be discovered?

693
00:33:47,509 --> 00:33:50,644
Dr. Martinez?
How you doing?
Yes, hello, Don.

694
00:33:50,646 --> 00:33:54,381
Hi, Kathleen, nice to meet you.

695
00:33:54,383 --> 00:33:58,185
With nearly 15 years of research
and excavation behind her,

696
00:33:58,187 --> 00:34:01,387
Dr. Kathleen Martinez feels
she's on the brink

697
00:34:01,389 --> 00:34:03,991
of discovering Cleopatra's tomb.

698
00:34:03,993 --> 00:34:05,192
And I'm here to find out why.

699
00:34:10,332 --> 00:34:13,333
Uh-huh.

700
00:34:13,335 --> 00:34:15,669
Uh-huh.

701
00:34:18,607 --> 00:34:22,209
Isis, the protective goddess
that Cleopatra represented

702
00:34:22,211 --> 00:34:24,144
to Egyptian people.

703
00:34:24,146 --> 00:34:26,213
The same goddess
she's depicted as

704
00:34:26,215 --> 00:34:29,016
on the temple wall Dendera.

705
00:34:29,018 --> 00:34:30,217
So it was important
to find a place

706
00:34:30,219 --> 00:34:33,687
where Isis was
represented, worshiped,

707
00:34:33,689 --> 00:34:36,056
because that might be also
where Cleopatra is worshiped.

708
00:34:41,496 --> 00:34:42,895
That's incredible.

709
00:34:48,370 --> 00:34:51,504
Ah.

710
00:34:51,506 --> 00:34:52,906
200 coins.

711
00:34:52,908 --> 00:34:54,374
With Cleopatra.

712
00:34:54,376 --> 00:34:55,576
And these would be coins
that would be right in here

713
00:34:55,578 --> 00:34:56,910
'cause this was the offering.

714
00:34:56,912 --> 00:34:58,378
It's the place you'd
make your offerings.
Yes.

715
00:34:58,380 --> 00:35:01,381
Okay. So I saw these coins in
the Grand Museum that had --
Yes.

716
00:35:01,383 --> 00:35:03,449
...these were the coins?
-Yes, these are the coins.

717
00:35:03,451 --> 00:35:05,251
I get it.

718
00:35:05,253 --> 00:35:08,121
So these coins were part of
the first clues discovered

719
00:35:08,123 --> 00:35:11,057
by Kathleen that pointed
to this temple as

720
00:35:11,059 --> 00:35:14,527
a possible burial
spot of Cleopatra.

721
00:35:14,529 --> 00:35:17,664
But since then,
she's made another discovery

722
00:35:17,666 --> 00:35:19,933
that's even more convincing.

723
00:35:24,606 --> 00:35:27,473
Uh-huh.

724
00:35:27,475 --> 00:35:29,943
Really?

725
00:35:29,945 --> 00:35:31,612
[ Grunts ]

726
00:35:31,614 --> 00:35:33,680
Okay.

727
00:35:33,682 --> 00:35:35,215
[ Groans ]

728
00:35:35,217 --> 00:35:36,950
Wow. [ Laughs ]

729
00:35:36,952 --> 00:35:38,284
-Amazing.
-Isn't it incredible?

730
00:35:38,286 --> 00:35:39,419
It's huge!

731
00:35:42,424 --> 00:35:43,857
What did you find down here?

732
00:35:48,163 --> 00:35:50,630
Yeah.

733
00:35:50,632 --> 00:35:53,834
And the significance
of a priest is what?

734
00:35:53,836 --> 00:35:55,835
Yeah.

735
00:35:55,837 --> 00:35:58,105
The presence of
the priest buried here

736
00:35:58,107 --> 00:36:00,841
means that they were
the guardians of a royal temple?
Yes.

737
00:36:00,843 --> 00:36:03,509
Okay, so there was a Pharaoh
beyond those priests?
Yes.

738
00:36:03,511 --> 00:36:05,511
Or presumably there might be.

739
00:36:05,513 --> 00:36:06,846
Where does this shaft go?

740
00:36:06,848 --> 00:36:10,117
The shaft, it's turning
to the same angle

741
00:36:10,119 --> 00:36:12,519
of the Isis chapel.

742
00:36:12,521 --> 00:36:16,322
And so that would be
the person who embodies Isis.
Yes.

743
00:36:16,324 --> 00:36:18,925
-Meaning Cleopatra.
-Yes.

744
00:36:18,927 --> 00:36:20,260
-I salute you.
-[ Laughs ]

745
00:36:20,262 --> 00:36:22,529
I mean, this is an amazing
accomplishment.

746
00:36:27,069 --> 00:36:30,070
Dr. Martinez has
discovered a maze of shafts

747
00:36:30,072 --> 00:36:33,206
and tunnels throughout
this temple complex

748
00:36:33,208 --> 00:36:35,475
that tempts the imagination.

749
00:36:42,684 --> 00:36:44,484
Wow.

750
00:36:44,486 --> 00:36:48,622
[ Exhales ]

751
00:36:48,624 --> 00:36:52,225
It's incredible to think that
Cleopatra's tomb could be

752
00:36:52,227 --> 00:36:55,362
somewhere right beneath my feet.

753
00:36:55,364 --> 00:36:59,899
Finding her tomb and turning
her legend real would be

754
00:36:59,901 --> 00:37:03,569
the greatest discovery in Egypt
since Howard Carter opened

755
00:37:03,571 --> 00:37:06,306
Tutankhamun tomb in 1922.

756
00:37:06,308 --> 00:37:08,241
There's no telling how
much we could learn

757
00:37:08,243 --> 00:37:11,711
about Cleopatra's life
and how she ruled.

758
00:37:11,713 --> 00:37:14,314
So how close is Dr. Martinez

759
00:37:14,316 --> 00:37:16,716
to discovering Cleopatra's tomb?

760
00:37:16,718 --> 00:37:18,985
I'm going deep underground
into the bedrock

761
00:37:18,987 --> 00:37:22,989
to find out what Kathleen
and her team have uncovered

762
00:37:22,991 --> 00:37:25,125
and why they feel they're
closer than ever before

763
00:37:25,127 --> 00:37:26,927
to a major breakthrough.

764
00:37:26,929 --> 00:37:28,228
It's a matter of time.

765
00:37:38,885 --> 00:37:42,086
WILDMAN: I'm in Egypt at
the Temple of Taposiris

766
00:37:42,088 --> 00:37:44,289
where archeologist
Kathleen Martinez

767
00:37:44,291 --> 00:37:48,092
may be on the brink
of discovering Cleopatra's tomb.

768
00:37:48,094 --> 00:37:51,362
This vast temple complex
is absolutely riddled

769
00:37:51,364 --> 00:37:53,631
with ancient burial chambers.

770
00:37:53,633 --> 00:37:58,435
Not only within the temple
walls, but also outside.

771
00:37:58,437 --> 00:38:00,104
Wow, there you go.

772
00:38:00,106 --> 00:38:02,674
So there's tombs
all over this place?
Yes.

773
00:38:25,599 --> 00:38:27,599
Were these royals
who were here?
Yes.

774
00:38:27,601 --> 00:38:29,801
Ah, what tells you that?

775
00:38:35,809 --> 00:38:38,042
Mm-hmm.

776
00:38:40,346 --> 00:38:43,148
Mm-hmm.

777
00:38:52,158 --> 00:38:53,858
All right.

778
00:38:58,364 --> 00:39:00,164
WILDMAN:
With the right technology,

779
00:39:00,166 --> 00:39:02,500
we could zero in
on her target --

780
00:39:02,502 --> 00:39:05,170
Cleopatra's tomb.

781
00:39:05,172 --> 00:39:08,106
She's already finding success
within the temple walls.

782
00:39:08,108 --> 00:39:11,175
For Kathleen to be able
to know whether she needs

783
00:39:11,177 --> 00:39:13,645
to dig somewhere, she's using
this Russian technology.

784
00:39:13,647 --> 00:39:16,447
It's a kind of
ground-penetrating radar,

785
00:39:16,449 --> 00:39:18,916
and it shoots an electromagnetic
pulse into the ground

786
00:39:18,918 --> 00:39:21,386
and picks it up in
the back and they read,

787
00:39:21,388 --> 00:39:24,389
basically model out through
data, what is down there.

788
00:39:24,391 --> 00:39:26,190
Shafts, tunnels, tombs.

789
00:39:26,192 --> 00:39:28,159
They'll be able to read
whether it's worth digging

790
00:39:28,161 --> 00:39:30,595
in this spot.

791
00:39:30,597 --> 00:39:32,496
[ Beeps ]

792
00:39:32,498 --> 00:39:33,865
What will the scans reveal?

793
00:39:33,867 --> 00:39:38,135
Could the tomb of
Queen Cleopatra really be found?

794
00:39:38,137 --> 00:39:39,204
[ Laughs ]

795
00:39:51,017 --> 00:39:54,385
WILDMAN: I'm in Egypt searching
for Queen Cleopatra's tomb.

796
00:39:58,224 --> 00:40:01,892
Here at Taposiris,
Dr. Kathleen Martinez is using

797
00:40:01,894 --> 00:40:05,630
scanning technology
to find Cleopatra.

798
00:40:05,632 --> 00:40:07,765
This is the big reveal.

799
00:40:07,767 --> 00:40:10,835
Yes.

800
00:40:10,837 --> 00:40:13,171
We were standing here
looking down, yes?

801
00:40:13,173 --> 00:40:14,705
Yes, we were standing here.

802
00:40:14,707 --> 00:40:16,541
Wow, so what are
you seeing here?

803
00:40:21,248 --> 00:40:25,382
Mm-hmm.

804
00:40:25,384 --> 00:40:26,583
Interesting.

805
00:40:26,585 --> 00:40:28,186
So tell me what you'll
do with this data.

806
00:40:40,934 --> 00:40:44,936
Yeah.

807
00:40:44,938 --> 00:40:47,872
Right.

808
00:40:47,874 --> 00:40:49,407
Interesting.

809
00:40:54,948 --> 00:40:56,014
Mm-hmm.

810
00:41:00,553 --> 00:41:03,354
Genius. Can you take me
underground here?

811
00:41:03,356 --> 00:41:04,555
Yes.

812
00:41:04,557 --> 00:41:07,926
So you have mapped
through the entire site?

813
00:41:09,963 --> 00:41:11,762
Mm-hmm.

814
00:41:11,764 --> 00:41:16,233
Eventually the idea is to
find the tomb of Cleopatra.

815
00:41:16,235 --> 00:41:18,236
Yes.

816
00:41:18,238 --> 00:41:20,104
Yeah, I mean,
you're very confident.
I am.

817
00:41:20,106 --> 00:41:22,173
I'm with you on this.

818
00:41:22,175 --> 00:41:23,574
And imagine the whole
world will be able

819
00:41:23,576 --> 00:41:26,044
to take this journey.

820
00:41:26,046 --> 00:41:27,111
Incredible.

821
00:41:33,854 --> 00:41:37,588
For over 2,000 years,
Cleopatra has endured as one

822
00:41:37,590 --> 00:41:38,856
of the most enigmatic

823
00:41:38,858 --> 00:41:40,992
and fascinating
women of history.

824
00:41:40,994 --> 00:41:43,794
Though her beauty
and tantalizing powers

825
00:41:43,796 --> 00:41:46,130
of seduction have
dominated the narrative,

826
00:41:46,132 --> 00:41:48,665
we often forget that for
20 years,

827
00:41:48,667 --> 00:41:50,201
she ruled one
of the great civilizations

828
00:41:50,203 --> 00:41:52,069
of the ancient world.

829
00:41:52,071 --> 00:41:53,871
She negotiated
with foreign powers

830
00:41:53,873 --> 00:41:55,807
and presided over temples.

831
00:41:55,809 --> 00:41:58,809
She was a scientist,
a philosopher, a poet,

832
00:41:58,811 --> 00:42:01,812
and a politician and a goddess.

833
00:42:01,814 --> 00:42:05,416
And for a brief, fleeting
moment, she held the fate

834
00:42:05,418 --> 00:42:07,885
of the Western world
in her hands.

835
00:42:07,887 --> 00:42:10,688
In the end,
Cleopatra lost everything.

836
00:42:10,690 --> 00:42:12,557
But her epically dramatic life

837
00:42:12,559 --> 00:42:16,227
and theatrical death transformed
her story into legend,

838
00:42:16,229 --> 00:42:20,231
a legend we still
live with today.

838
00:42:21,305 --> 00:43:21,710
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