Egypt facts,New temple or cemetery dating back to the Ptolemaic era was found in Minya at Egypt
4/04/2014 12:45:00 AM
Official at the Egyptian antiquities,s Ministry said
that they discovered a new temple or cemetery dating back to the
Ptolemaic era in the village of Abu Qurqas southern of Minya province , about
240 kilometers south of Cairo, the bottom of a home belongs to one of the
citizens.
and it was about 3 or 2 days ago
the cemetery or temple includes
inscriptions of Ptolemy IV, who ruled Egypt between 222 and 205 BC (third century BC)
It was also found in this tomb artifacts from the remains of the
cemetery like a statue of Ptolemy IV himself and the relics of the same age in
addition to the 3 plates handwritten by King Ptolemy IV
The director of the effects of Middle Egypt Mohamed Abdel Hamid
said that the site, encompassing Old Stone Wall or the entrance to an
undisclosed location seem interface to another place or to a wall somewhere.
"
He guessed that the site is a temple or, "a large
cemetery," where he found the stone blocks have a cartouche and below it 6
prominent stars
.
It is noteworthy that the cartouche is a stone slab
bearing the name of the king , but it did not refer to the existence of
the names of the kings in the discovered Location.
He said that in the site, was found a vase of
limestone is used in grinding grain diameter crater 40 centimeters, and
there is also a piece of stone in shades of blue, brown length of 45
centimeters and width 25 centimeters have "inscriptions on behalf of King
Ptolemy IV .. engraving representing King in the attitude of worship."
Chief of Detectives of the effects of Minya Farghali Abdel Samie
Said that when they entered the house they found a deep hole by several
interior corridors and at the end two entrances, one leading to the temple,
"and the walls are filled with inscriptions of Pharaonic cartouche ... and
several drawings and the paintings of two other king Ptolemy."
He added that "it was a security cordon around the house to
secure it"
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