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Cleopatra Exhibit At California Science Center (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

PHOTOS: Cleopatra Comes To California
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Beautiful, cunning and intelligent: as one of the most remarkable rulers in the history of the world, Cleopatra seduced two of the most powerful men of her time, restored Egypt to its former glory and continues to capture imaginations thousands of years after her death.

Los Angeles admirers of the ancient Egyptian queen will get the chance to immerse themselves in her world starting May 23, when an unprecedented exhibit of relics, artifacts, statues and accessories opens at the California Science Center in Exposition Park.

The pieces were unearthed in 2010 by duo Franck Goddio, a French underwater archaeologist, and Zahi Hawass, Egypt's chief archaeologist. Together, they've assembled more than 150 priceless artifacts from Ancient Egypt that were swallowed up by the earthquakes and tidal waves that destroyed Alexandria soon after Cleopatra's death.

The installation at the California Science Center is the touring exhibit's only West Coast appearance. While admission to the museum is free, general admission tickets to the exhibit will cost $19.75 for adults. Discounts are available for museum members, seniors, youth and students. Buy tickets and learn more about the exhibit at californiasciencecenter.org.

Photos by Associated Press.

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A Graeco-Egyptian statue, part of the exhibit "Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt," is displayed at the California Science Center in Los Angeles Tuesday, May 22, 2012. The statue is a Ptolemaic queen in dark stone wearing the usual robe that identifies the sovereigns of Isis. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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French Egyptologist Anne-Sophie von Bomhar, left, describes the reconstituted "Naos of the Decades," part of the exhibit "Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt," at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. The largest of the new fragments consists of a cosmogony of over 20 columns of Egyptian astrology. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Abdel Hamid Marouf, far left, Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Sector Head of the Pharaonic Sector, tours with guests at the west coast premiere of "Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt," at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. More than 150 Egyptian artifacts illuminating the life of Cleopatra VII, one of the most powerful women in history are on display. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Objects of the exhibit "Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt," are displayed at the California Science Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. The exhibit features two sphinxes guarding the temple of Isis at Cleopatra's palace. The sphinx were found during excavations in the ancient harbor of Alexandria. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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A mask found at the Taposiris Magna temple, near Abusir, Egypt, and believed to represent Cleopatra's husband, Mark Antony, is displayed at the west coast premiere of "Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt" at the California Science Center in Los Angeles Tuesday, May 22, 2012. More than 150 Egyptian artifacts illuminating the life of Cleopatra VII, one of the most powerful women in history, opens May 23. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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A pictorial of Cleopatra through Western art is displayed at the west coast premiere of "Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt," at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. More than 150 Egyptian artifacts illuminating the life of Cleopatra VII, one of the most powerful women in history, will be on display. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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