The joint Egyptian-German archaeological mission working in the Matariya region “Heliopolis” succeeded in discovering granite stone blocks from King Khufu’s reign in the Temple of the Sun.
The delegation also discovered the foundations of the temple courtyard and many statues and altars built during the New Kingdom era, and completed excavations on the west side of the open museum on the obelisk of King Senusret I in the same year. mataria
Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt, stressed the importance of this discovery, especially since antiques belonging to King Khufu’s reign were discovered for the first time in the area of Ain Shams. parts of unknown buildings or may have been moved from the area of the pyramids. Giza, one of the oldest historic buildings, was used as building material during the Ramesside period, when stone was common.
Ayman Ashmawy, head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector at the Supreme Council of Antiquities and head of the mission on the Egyptian side, added that the mission had also managed to discover some evidence of the early existence of this site. In addition to the layers of rubble pottery pointing to religious and ritual activity in the region in the 3rd millennium BC, there is evidence indicating a large presence during the Zero Dynasty (the third stage of the Naqada), as well as in the 3rd. millennium BC, in the Third and Fourth Dynasties mission to King Pepi I (BC). 2280 BC and a unique inscription on it, Horus Falcon taught that the mission would continue its excavations to reveal more.
Many late sacrificial altars, as well as the Sphinx of King Amazis (evidence of use and royal presence in Temple II), also include Kings Amenemhat II, Senusret III, Amenemhat III, Amenemhat V, Thutmose III, Amenhotep II and Kings many additions from the reigns of many kings III, Horemheb, Ramses II and King Seti II.
Dietrich Rau, head of the mission on the German side, explained that the mission was also able to discover fragments of sarcophagi and altars from the reigns of Kings Amenemhat IV, Sobekhotep IV, Ay, Seti I, Osorkon I, Takelot I and Psamtik. I, as well as revealing a sculptural model, is a pedestal of a massive monkey statue from a quartz and pink granite baboon in the shape of King Amenhotep II’s Sphinx.
Source: RT
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