Vanochera matongo vakazivisa kuti vava pedyo zvikuru nekuwana nzvimbo yakavigwa mutongi wokupedzisira weEgipita, Cleopatra, nomudiwa wake, mukuru mukuru weRoma Mark Antony, pamwe chete.
Masayendisiti anotenda kuti akanongedza nzvimbo chaiyo inovigwa vamwe vevanhu vane simba munhoroondo yevanhu.
Guva risinganzwisisike raCleopatra naMark Antony richazowanikwa. Iri munzvimbo yeTaposiris Magna, inenge makiromita makumi matatu kubva kuAlexandria, akadaro muongorori wezvokuchera matongo weEgypt Zahi Hawass (ari pamufananidzo).
“Ndinotarisira kuzosangana neguva ravo ravanoradzikwa vose. Tiri mugwara chairo uye tinoziva patinofanira kuchera kuti tiiwane,” akadaro Hawass, anove gurukota rezvekushanyirwa kwenyika reEgypt.
Cleopatra naMark Antony vanozviuraya muna 30 BC. Panguva iyoyo, mutongi weEgypt, mumiriri wekupedzisira wePtolemaic Dynasty, aiva nemakore makumi matatu nemapfumbamwe, uye Mark Antony aiva nemakore makumi mashanu nematatu, anoti 39minutos.
Kare munaFebruary 2013, vatsvakurudzi vakazivisa kuti vakanga vawana mapfupa ehanzvadzi yaCleopatra akaurayiwa, Arsinoe IV, muTurkey. Zvisaririra zvakawanwa pakuvamba sa1985 mutembere yakaparadzwa muguta rekare rechiGiriki reEfeso (Turkey yokumadokero nhasi). Nyanzvi yezvokuchera matongo inoti yakawana mapfupa ane tarisiro huru yehunyanzvi hutsva hwekuferefeta kuti vanyatsoona zvakawanikwa.
Pakutanga kuona, zvinoita sekunge zvakasara ndezvaiye akaurayiwa makore anopfuura zviuru zviviri apfuura nekuraira kwaMambokadzi Arsinoe. Asi vanopikisa maonero aya vanotenda kuti ongororo yeDNA haigone kuratidza kuti mapfupa aani nekuti akaongororwa kakawanda. Nekudaro, masayendisiti kubva kuAustria Academy yeSainzi akaita kuwanikwa ane chokwadi chekuti zvakasara ndezvenguva yekare yemhuri yehumambo hweEgypt.
Princess Arsinoe anofungidzirwa kuve mudiki wehanzvadzi yaCleopatra. Baba vavo vanonzi Ptolemy XII Auletus, asi hazvizivikanwe kana vaviri ava vaibva kuna amai vamwe chete.
Zvinozivikanwa kuti vaviri ava vaisadanana. Mushure mekupondwa kwaKesari, Cleopatra anoita kuti mudiwa wake Mark Antony auraye Arsinoe, sezvaanoona maari mukwikwidzi mukurwira simba.