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By/ Nevine El-Aref: An Egyptian archaeological mission from the Supreme Council
of Antiquities has uncovered sections from a huge red brick building that might
be part of a Greco-Roman bath at San El-Hagar archaeological site in Gharbeya
governorate.
The
mission has also uncovered a collection of pottery vessels, terracotta statues,
bronze tools and coins, a stone fragment engraved with hieroglyphs and a small
statue of a lamb.
Head
of the mission Saeed El-Asal told Ahram Online that the most notable artefact
discovered is a gold coin of King Ptolemy III, which was made during the reign
of his son King Ptolemy IV (244 – 204 BC) in memory of his father. The diameter
of the coin is 2.6cm and weighs about 28g.
One
side of the coin depicts a portrait of King Ptolemy III wearing the crown while
the other side bears the Land of Prosperity and the name of the king.
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