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| Tourists checking statues of Ramses II at Abu Simbel Temple of the far south of Egypt. It was announced yesterday the discovery of newarchaeological language "demotic" in Fayoum |
Announced by the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawass, yesterday, for the Italian mission to find the working archaeological excavations in the Fayum to a new archive is up to the Roman era north of Lake Karun Fayum.
Hawass said that "This archive consists of 150 pieces of pottery small inscribed texts are written in bold popular ancient Egyptian known Baldimutiqi in the temple of the god Sobek (portrayed like a human with the head of a crocodile) is located in the area Dimip lions at a distance of two kilometers north of Lake Karun Fayoum. "
The President of the Italian Mission Mario Capasso, "that every piece of the archive name written on them priest of priests from the temple of the god Sobek and that this archive was located inside a warehouse located in the front yard of the temple." Capasso pointed out that "these pieces may have been found during excavations conducted by the late nineteenth century and placed in this place, which is to break Chronicle of the Roman era and help in uncovering the history of religious rituals that were prevalent in the Greco-Roman."
He pointed out that the mission will study during the coming period this demotic texts and the dissemination of scientific work by a dedicated team in line Aldemutiqi. "This is because the history of this region to the Egyptian Antiquities, known as "Suknuba YOS Nesos," has flourished during the first and second centuries AD because of its presence in a unique position on the trade route. The Temple of Sobek, which was found on the Archive within its scope, it is due to the Ptolemaic era, and there were statues of him on the body of the Sphinx, and was found during the 19 th century on the Greek and demotic papyri.
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