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Carvings on the bell tower suggest the temple dates from the reign of King Ptolemy VIII with some inscriptions possibly referring to his wife: Queen Cleopatra III.
An ancient temple of the pharaohs, splendid and mysterious, has been found rarely on the banks of the Nile, in Egypt.
Alexander the Great (356 - 323 BC) was the son of Macedonian King Philip II. Immediately after taking the throne (in 336 BC), he began invading to the East. In just over…
According to Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the statue may have been from the Ptolemaic period.
The giant stone sarcophagus buried deeper than 4.9m next to a giant gemstone stone head - may belong to the man who owns this grave.
The cemetery contains about 1,000 statues, 40 stone coffins and mummies, 4 plaster jars containing organs and many other antiques.
An international research group found a historical example that shows that nature has the ability to control people's destiny.
The Redpath Museum (Canada) has successfully recreated the face of 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummies. There is a very similar face