Cleopatra exhibition reaches Chicago from London

Cleopatra exhibition has finally reached the US to run until March 2002.

The museum which includes 44 pieces from two Egyptian museums started its yearlong tour in Rome in the period from October 2000 to February 2001.

The second leg was the British Museum that host the exhibition for four months during which time more than 150,000 people visited it.

SCA Secretary General said that the insurance on the arti-facts reaches approximately US $100 million.

Among the important items on display, he said, was a collection of heads for Cleopatra VII, Julius Caesar, the Roman emperor Augustine in addition to a mosaic panel found at the present site of bibliotheca Alexandrina, which was insured alone by US $10 million.

Cleopatra VII is the daughter of Ptolemy XII known as Ptolemy the Piper because he loved to play the flute.

Cleopatra was famous for her strong character, intelligence and resourcefulness.

She was born in Alexandria in 70 BC and before ended tragically when she committed suicide after her defeat at the hands of Octavius and her belief that her lover Mark Anthony had died.

Her tomb however is not found till today although archaeologists have reason to believe that the tomb sunk in the Mediterranean owing to strong earthquakes that hit the city.