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Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) During routine excavations near the Roman theatre at Kom El-Dikka in Alexandria, an archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has discovered the remains of a temple built by Queen Berenike, wife...
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drhawass.com With two photographs. This article seems to make it clear that instead of four separate sites the discovery is one site, a temple, which includes for different hall components - which actually makes rather more sense. Minister of Culture...
- More Re Discovery Of Sinai Fortress
National Geographic (Andrew Bossone) A good summary of the recent discoveries in Sinai of a vast fortress on the Horus Way: Archaeologists have uncovered more remnants from Tharu, the largest known fortified city in ancient Egypt, which sits near the...
- Archaeologists Find Ancient Army Hq In Sinai
Reuters AlertNet (Jonathan Wright) Egyptian archaeologists have discovered what they say was the ancient headquarters of the Pharaonic army guarding the northeastern borders of Egypt for more than 1,500 years, the government said on Wednesday. The fortress...
- More Re Fort Tjaru (or Tharo)
National Geographic News The largest known fortress from ancient Egypt's days of the pharaohs has been unearthed near the Suez Canal, archaeologists announced on Sunday. See the above two page article for more.The massive fortress, discovered at...
Egypt
Photos of the Sinai temple fortress
National Geographic
Four photos on the National Geographic, supplied by the SCA, are now available on the National Geographic website. Here's the caption:
Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II (right) offers gifts to Geb, god of earth, in a 3,000-year-old carving discovered in the largest mud-brick temple yet found on northeastern Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula (map).
The landmark is among four ancient temples discovered at a site near the Egyptian border near the Suez Canal, the country's archaeology agency announced on April 21.
Found among the ruins of a fortified city, the temples would likely have been the first stop in Egypt for travelers from ancient Palestine and other points east. Designed to impress on visitors Egypt's grandeur and might, the city appears to have been the Egyptian military's headquarters during the New Kingdom (1539-1075 B.C.), a time of war and conquest (ancient Egypt time line).
"This temple was very, very beautiful. [Visitors] would understand this temple is a good example of Egyptian culture," said Mohamed Abdel-Maqsoud, who made the discovery for Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.
- In The Field: More Re Temple Of The Cat Goddess
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) During routine excavations near the Roman theatre at Kom El-Dikka in Alexandria, an archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has discovered the remains of a temple built by Queen Berenike, wife...
- More Re Sinai Discoveries
drhawass.com With two photographs. This article seems to make it clear that instead of four separate sites the discovery is one site, a temple, which includes for different hall components - which actually makes rather more sense. Minister of Culture...
- More Re Discovery Of Sinai Fortress
National Geographic (Andrew Bossone) A good summary of the recent discoveries in Sinai of a vast fortress on the Horus Way: Archaeologists have uncovered more remnants from Tharu, the largest known fortified city in ancient Egypt, which sits near the...
- Archaeologists Find Ancient Army Hq In Sinai
Reuters AlertNet (Jonathan Wright) Egyptian archaeologists have discovered what they say was the ancient headquarters of the Pharaonic army guarding the northeastern borders of Egypt for more than 1,500 years, the government said on Wednesday. The fortress...
- More Re Fort Tjaru (or Tharo)
National Geographic News The largest known fortress from ancient Egypt's days of the pharaohs has been unearthed near the Suez Canal, archaeologists announced on Sunday. See the above two page article for more.The massive fortress, discovered at...