Building
likely a part of ancient capital city of Memphis. Archaeologists
have discovered a “massive” ancient building in Egypt.
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| Large Roman bath and chamber likely for religious rituals discovered in town of Mit Rahina |
The
country’s Antiquities Ministry said archaeologists also uncovered an attached
building which includes a large Roman bath and another chamber that was likely
used for religious rituals.
Mostafa
Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the
building probably formed part of the residential block in the area, which was
the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis.
Memphis,
which was founded around 3,100BC, was home to Menes, the king who united Upper
and Lower Egypt. “The
discovered building was built of brick blocks supported by huge blocks of
limestone, whose foundations, external walls and inner staircase were built
with red brick molds,” Mr Waziri said, according to Egypt Today.
He
said the area would be excavated and studied in order to discover more about
the building. Egypt hopes such discoveries will spur tourism,
partially driven by antiquities sightseeing, which was hit hard by political
turmoil following the 2011 uprising.
