Dominican archaeologist Dr. Kathleen Martinez Berry and her team discovered a limestone stele dating to the Ptolemaic period (350-30 BC) in the Egyptian Mediterranean coast, reports Diario Libre.

Martinez's archaeology team has tried for years to find Cleopatra's tomb. Although they have yet to find the notorious Egyptian queen, they did uncover the stele at the archeological site of Taposiris Magna, southwest of the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, according to the Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh el-Damaty.

The stele "dates to the reign of Ptolemy V Epiphanes (204B.C-180B.C) of the Ptolemaic Dynasty (332 B.C.-30 B.C) that has ruled Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C." el-Damaty wrote on the ministry's Facebook page.

A stele is typically a wooden or stone slab erected as a moment for commemorative or funerary purposes. In this case, the limestone stele is inscribed with 20 lines of Hieroglyphic and Demotic inscriptions. It measures 41 inches long, 25.5 inches wide and 7 inches thick.

"It consists of two registers carved in two different scripts; the upper one features over 20 lines of hieroglyphic inscriptions bearing the cartouches [oval shapes bearing royal names only] of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes, his sister Princess Cleopatra I, his mother Queen Arsinoe III and his father King Ptolemy IV Philopator," said el-Damaty.

Archaeologists are presently working on translating the text.

The bottom features a five-line Demotic script that appears to be a translation of the hieroglyphic inscriptions. Demotic language was used by commoners while hieroglyphic was used by high officials, priests, royals and the elite of the ancient Egyptian society.

The stele has the same form of writings found on the Rosetta Stone that also dates to the period of Ptolemy V.

Martinez and her team from the Catholic University of Santo Domingo have been excavating the Taposiris Magna archeological site for six years.

During the excavations, the Dominican team has made several notable discoveries from the period of Cleopatra, the last Queen of Egypt.

"Some of the major discoveries are tombs of nobles, a number of statues of goddess Isis in addition to many bronze coins belonging to Queen Cleopatra VII, the famous Cleopatra of Anthony," Martinez told the Cairo Post.