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|September / October 2020
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A pink granite block showing Ramesses II censing.
Ramesside and Coptic Finds Near Memphis
A Ministry team carrying out rescue excavations in a private plot of land 2km southeast of Mit Rahina (near ancient Memphis) have uncovered a number of engraved pink and black granite blocks dating to the reign of Ramesses II (opposite top left, top right and bottom right), and a number of statues of gods including Sekhmet, Ptah and Hathor (above). The team also uncovered a granite seated block statue of a priest of Hathor, measuring 95cm high and 45cm wide, with two columns of hieroglyphs running down the front (opposite, bottom left). Other limestone blocks were found dating to the Coptic era.
Another pink granite block inscribed with cartouches of Ramesses II.
Taposiris Magna Mummies
Two Ptolemaic mummies have been found inside a sealed tomb at Taposiris Magna, where a team are hoping to discover the burial place of Cleopatra. The burials were of a man and a woman of high status as shown by the traces of gold leaf that would once have coated their bodies.
A block statue of a priest of Hathor.
Ptolemaic Wall
An inscribed sandstone wall (below) inscribed with the cartouches of Ptolemy IV has been found after the Tourism and Antiquities police were called to an illegal dig close to a shrine of Hathor in the city of Nag Hammadi, Qena Governorate.
This story is from the September / October 2020 edition of Ancient Egypt.
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