Egypt found ceramics in ancient Greek-Roman times

The Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities (CSA) announced on December 26 that Italian archaeologists found ancient Greek-Roman ceramics, on which there were characters showing religious activities. spears in that period.

Temple area god Soknopaios.

The group of archaeologists found 150 pieces of ceramic pottery (called ostraca) at an ancient Roman Roman site, 2km north of Lake Qaroun, in the oasis of Fayoum, 80km from the capital. Southwest.

The pieces of pottery bearing the characters are simplified ancient Egyptian scripts, a hieroglyphic form, used in the last Egyptian King dynasties until the beginning of the Roman period.

Dr. Zahi Hawass, Chairman of CSA, emphasized that these relics are particularly useful to clarify the religious activities and lives of the Egyptian people during ancient Greek-Roman times.

According to Mario Capasso, the chief archaeologist of Salento University, these pieces of pottery were originally built in a storehouse in the courtyard of a temple worshiping the god Soknopaios (crocodile god) and then could be taken out in a stealing of antiquities in the 19th century.

CSA said that the temple area of ​​Soknopaios is particularly important in helping social scientists to understand ancient Greek-Roman times in Egypt thanks to the excellent preservation and the number of papyrus books. as well as figurative objects found here.

According to Dr. Zahi Hawass, the former temple complex was located on the first and second century AD.