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Cleopatra exhibition opens as search continues for her tomb FEW HISTORICAL figures are as shrouded in mys- tery as Cleopatra VII, the intriguing queen who ruled Egypt more than 2,000 years ago. Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt, the first U.S. tour of artifacts from two ongoing searches into her life and times, opens Oct. 14 at the Milwaukee Public Museum. The exhibition features nearly 150 artifacts from Cleopatra's time and lets visitors experience the present-day search for the tomb of the elusive queen. The artifacts are woven into the story of her rule and life, unfolded in a dramatic setting with high-definition multimedia and original sound- scapes, including a complementary audio tour pro- vided every visitor. After Egypt fell to Roman forces and Cleopatra took her own life following the suicide of her Roman lover, Mark Antony, the Romans attempted to wipe her legacy from the pages of history. Cleopatra thus 8 remains one of history's greatest enigmas and her final resting place is one of Egypt's unsolved mys- teries. Organized by National Geographic and Arts & Exhibitions International, with cooperation from the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities and the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM), the exhibition features statuary, jewelry, daily items, coins and religious tokens that have been uncovered from the time surrounding Cleopatra's rule. Visitors also will learn of the two ongoing expedi- tions led in Egypt by Dr. Zahi Hawass, Egypt's pre- eminent archaeologist and Minister of State for Antiquities, and Franck Goddio, French underwater archaeologist and director of IEASM. In one of the most ambitious underwater exhibi- tions ever undertaken, Goddio has uncovered Cleopatra's royal palace and the ancient cities of