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08-24-2011, 04:40 PM
A Hong Kong dentist known for his love of scientific exploration has announced he is about to embark on a mission to find the lost tomb of doomed Egyptian lovers Cleopatra and Mark Antony. Ng Tze-chuen, 58, joins Dominican lawyer-turned-archaeologist Kathleen Martinez, in their quest to deliver "the most important discovery of the 21st century", as reported in the South China Morning Post.
He announced they would visit Egypt together next month to meet Zahi Hawass, Egypt's controversial former minister of state for antiquities. Ng met with Martinez in Santo Domingo recently to coordinate the visit. While Hawass officially resigned the post, he is still considered the key man for the search.
Ng made a name for himself with his involvement in space projects. As reported in the South Cina Post, he impressed Hawass by establishing a team of international scientists for a third attempt at investigating a secret chamber in the Great Pyramid of Giza, which was built for the Pharaoh Khufu.
He has said he will design a robotic probe fitted with LED lights and a wide-angle camera to locate a tomb thought to contain the remains of Cleopatra, the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt, at Abusir, a Mediterranean town on the western edge of the Nile Delta that used to be called Taposiris Magna.
"This will be the most important and interesting exploration I have been involved in," he told the Morning Post. Of his working partner Martinez, he said: "Meeting her gave me a remarkable feeling that we will find something very special. She was singularly charming and energetic - I sometimes suspect she is a descendant of Cleopatra, she's that charming."
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He announced they would visit Egypt together next month to meet Zahi Hawass, Egypt's controversial former minister of state for antiquities. Ng met with Martinez in Santo Domingo recently to coordinate the visit. While Hawass officially resigned the post, he is still considered the key man for the search.
Ng made a name for himself with his involvement in space projects. As reported in the South Cina Post, he impressed Hawass by establishing a team of international scientists for a third attempt at investigating a secret chamber in the Great Pyramid of Giza, which was built for the Pharaoh Khufu.
He has said he will design a robotic probe fitted with LED lights and a wide-angle camera to locate a tomb thought to contain the remains of Cleopatra, the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt, at Abusir, a Mediterranean town on the western edge of the Nile Delta that used to be called Taposiris Magna.
"This will be the most important and interesting exploration I have been involved in," he told the Morning Post. Of his working partner Martinez, he said: "Meeting her gave me a remarkable feeling that we will find something very special. She was singularly charming and energetic - I sometimes suspect she is a descendant of Cleopatra, she's that charming."
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