Archaeologists have recently excavate a treasure trove of ancient goodies at the Sa El - Hagar excavation site in the fertile Nile Delta of Lower Egypt , according to an annunciation made byEgypt ’s Ministry of Antiquitieslast week .
Inside the ancient remains of a vast reddened - bricked building , they chance on a huge collection of gold coins , bronze tool , clayware vessel , hieroglyphic - engraved stones , and a terracotta statue of a random memory ( pictured below ) . Dr Ayman Ashmawy , Head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities , believes the 16 - meter - farsighted ( 52 - feet ) social organization was a part of a bathhouse dating back to the Greco - Roman geological era .
A more precise dating was made thanks to a golden coin portray King Ptolemy III , who rule Egypt from 246 to 222 BCE , with a particularly spiky - take care crown . On the other side of the coin , there ’s a symbol that is likely a cornucopia , also known as a horn of plenty , an allegory used in classical ancientness and the present - twenty-four hours to symbolise successfulness and nourishment .
The coin is believe to have been work during the reign of his Word , King Ptolemy IV , who commissioned the coins in memory board of his late begetter . It might be over 2,000 years old , but it ’s still got its radiancy .
Alexander the Great suppress Egypt in 332 BCE , fetch a venereal infection of Hellenic culture to the terra firma . One of Alexanders seven “ bodyguard ” , Ptolemy was place up as the governor of Egypt , establish the Ptolemaic dynasty that ruled until around 30 BCE when they were eventuallytoppled by the Romans . The terminal of this time period is most widely known by the story of the dynasty ’s last and far-famed ruler , Cleopatra VII . As famously depicted in two of Shakespeare ’s calamity , she was an esteemed diplomat and devotee of Roman leaders Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony .
The past few years have see a changeless stream of ancient treasures being unearthed by Egypt ’s Ministry of Antiquities . Just this month , they concluded an ambitious project that hope to settle hearsay of a hidden chamber behind the tomb of King Tutankhamun . The final end of the surveycame as a huge surpriseto the Egyptologists and archaeologists who made the sensational and controversial call .
check up on out some of the quietus of the team ’s recent breakthrough in the image below .
