Upon discovering the bust, the former secretary general, Zahi Hawass, respectfully refuted the possibility that the white-marble statue of an important Egyptian woman was the Queen of Egypt.

Zahi Hawass, a former Egyptian minister of antiquities who was not involved in the finding but has excavated at the site in the past, said he thinks the bust dates to after Cleopatra's time.

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The head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mohamed Abdel-Badie, said that the discovered head was carved with high artistic precision and had realistic features ...

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