What island was Cleopatra's palace built on?

Answer 1

In Greek geographer Strabo's (who had seen Alexandria shortly after Cleopatra's death) writings, a royal palace, Cleopatra's palace, stood on Cape Lochias with more palaces on the mainland shoreline. However, once the archaeological team working on the site had found the island Antirhodos, the area was mapped, and there were surprising findings. The finding of anonymous blocks of stone, columns, capitals, quays, and limestone paving were amazing to see but could they indicate a fallen building? When divers examined the area they found a platform covering over sixty-four thousand square feet and excavations revealed the platform was leveled with ancient mortar. It is then possible Cleopatra's palace was destroyed and built upon in later years on this island? Moulds were made of artefacts and scholars examined and interpreted their findings. Their analysis confirmed the artefacts were indeed from the Ptolemaic period and that they had found the palace complex of which Strabo spoke.