Archaeologists just lately uncovered a formidable Egyptian temple devoted to a fertility god that dates again over 2,000 years.
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities launched a press release concerning the discover on Saturday. The excavation was headed by a joint Egyptian-German archaeological fee.
Historians consider the temple dates again to the reign of King Ptolemy VIII, who could have additionally been the temple’s founder. Ptolemy VIII was an Egyptian king of the Ptolemaic dynasty and died in 116 BC.
The constructing, which archaeologists are calling the Nice Temple of Athribis, was present in Sohag. Athribis was a cult middle devoted to Min, a fertility god.
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The Nice Temple of Athribis featured an enormous pylon consisting of two towers. (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities through Fb)
The Ptolemaic dynasty consisted of Macedonian Greek rulers who managed Egypt for almost 300 years, starting in 305 BC and resulted in 30 BC. Its dissolution marked the top of Hellenistic Egypt, earlier than the Romans reigned.
In a Fb submit that was translated to English from Arabic, the ministry stated that the temple’s pylon – or its gate – was 167 ft broad. Every tower had a width of 78 ft.
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The press launch provides that Dr. Mohammed Ismail Khaled, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), stated that the unique peak of the pylon was roughly 59 ft tall.
The Nice Temple of Athribis could have been based by Ptolemy VIII, a Greek king of Egypt. (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities through Fb)
Hieroglyphic texts have been additionally discovered alongside the outside facade of the pylon. Excavators additionally found a number of the temple’s inside partitions and engravings of Min and Repyt, a lion goddess who was one in every of his wives.
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Archaeologists additionally uncovered the southern chamber adorned with hieroglyphic texts and landscapes of Min and Repyt, together with depictions of celestial gods “to measure the hours of the evening,” the press launch stated.
The group of archaeologists additionally found an attic with a staircase consisting of 4 steps, which can have been destroyed within the 700s AD. The attic was accessible via a small entrance to the constructing.
The temple was devoted to the Egyptian fertility god Min. (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities through Fb)
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“It’s value noting that the joint Egyptian-German mission has been working within the Atribus area for greater than ten years, ensuing within the full disclosure of all components of the Nice Temple of Atribus,” the Egyptian ministry’s announcement concluded.
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