The
Egyptian archaeological mission stumbled upon a sandstone statue of a Sphinx
during excavation work that was being carried out at the Kom Ombo temple in
Aswan to reduce the ground water level. Written By/ Nevine El-Aref.
Mostafa
Waziri, general secretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, told Ahram
Online that the discovered statue likely dates to the Ptolemaic era as it was
found in the south-eastern side of Kom Ombo temple, the same location where two
sandstone reliefs of King Ptolemy V were previously uncovered 2 months ago.
Abdel
Moneim Saeed, general director of the Aswan and Nubia antiquities council said
that the mission will conduct more archaeological studies on the Sphinx to
discover more information about its history and the king it belongs to.
The
previously discovered reliefs of King Ptolemy V were engraved in sandstone and
inscribed with hieroglyphic and demotic writings, and upon their discovery,
were transferred to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat for
conservation and display inside the museum.
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