Wed, 20 Jan 2010
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old temple as well as 600 Ptolemaic statues in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.
The Ptolemaic temple was dedicated to the ancient cat goddess Bastet, a known solar and war goddess of the ancients.
The temple is believed to belong to Queen Berenike II, wife of Ptolemy III who ruled Egypt in the 3rd century BCE.
The interesting aspect of the find is that these royal quarters of the Ptolemaic dynasty confirm that the Greek dynasty of Egyptian rulers continued the worship of ancient animal deities.
Many more ruins of the ancient capital of Hellenic Egypt lie preserved under the modern city, yet to be unearthed, archaeologists say.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/116615.html.
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old temple as well as 600 Ptolemaic statues in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.
The Ptolemaic temple was dedicated to the ancient cat goddess Bastet, a known solar and war goddess of the ancients.
The temple is believed to belong to Queen Berenike II, wife of Ptolemy III who ruled Egypt in the 3rd century BCE.
The interesting aspect of the find is that these royal quarters of the Ptolemaic dynasty confirm that the Greek dynasty of Egyptian rulers continued the worship of ancient animal deities.
Many more ruins of the ancient capital of Hellenic Egypt lie preserved under the modern city, yet to be unearthed, archaeologists say.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/116615.html.
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