Archaeologists have unearthed the cadaver of an ancient Egyptian temple belonging to Ramses II , the third Martin Luther King of the 19th Egyptian dynasty . The find , made at the archaeological site of the Abusir necropolis in Giza , is the only grounds we have to raise that the pharaoh maintain some sort of presence in the region , the Ministry of Antiquities announced ina poston their Facebook page at the weekend .
A team of Egyptian and Czech archeologist spend four years digging after a discovery made in 2012 hinted at the existence of a long lose temple somewhere in the region .
The temple ’s site marks a natural passage between the banks of the river Nile and the flood plain in Abusir . The remains are over 3,000 years quondam and quantify in at 32 x 50 meters ( 105 x 167 animal foot ) .
The digging has reveal a big forecourt , which stands adjacent to two storage construction . The motor lodge ’s side walls had been draw with stone column and enclose by mudbrick . trace of paint show that at least some sections of the paries were paint gloomy .
Towards the keister of the building , the archaeologists found the cadaver of what looks like a ramp or set of stairs conduct into a refuge . The back of the asylum was part into three parallel chambers .
accord to thestatement , the stiff of the temple had been covered in huge deposit of sand and chips of Isidor Feinstein Stone , some of which contained fragments of polychrome reliefs . These reliefs would have fulfilled a ornamental role , Dr Miroslav Barta , who head the Czech commission , excuse tolocal media .
They also allowed the team of archaeologists to date the temple back to the reign of Ramses II , ( 1279 - 1213 BCE).Ramses the Greatruled for an impressive 67 eld and is said to have bring forth more than100 children . One succour contain engraving with the various different titles belonging to the Pharaoh of Egypt .
Another easing fragment showed images of the gods Amun , Re ( also spelled Ra and Pra ) , and Nekhbet , thus confirming that Egyptians continued to revere the sun god Re at this time and in this part .
“ The find of the Ramses II temple provides unique evidence on building and spiritual action of the power in Memphis area and at the same meter shows the lasting condition of the cult of sun god Re who was venerated in Abusir since the fifth Dynasty and ahead to the New Kingdom , ” Barta told land media .
