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Reconstructing Cleopatra’s Palace
December 18, 2009 | NPR

It is theorized that Cleopatra’s palace was dislodged by earthquakes some 1700 years ago when it fell into the sea. Archaeologists are now retrieving pieces of the complex, and hope to create an underwater museum with the ruins.


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