Archaeologists have unearthed the ruins of a temple to the traditional Greek god Zeus within the Sinai Peninsula, Egyptian antiquities authorities stated.
In an announcement, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities stated the temple ruins have been found on the Telfama archaeological web site within the northwest nook of the Sinai Peninsula. Inform el-Farma, additionally identified by its historical title Pelusium, dates again to the Late Pharaonic interval and was additionally used in the course of the Greco-Roman and Byzantine durations.
There are additionally some stays relationship again to the Christian and early Islamic durations. The temple ruins are the newest in a string of historical discoveries touted in Egypt over the previous few years in hopes of attracting extra vacationers.
Mustafa Waziri, secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, confirmed that archaeologists have been in a position to excavate the ruins of the temple to the doorway gate, the place two huge granite pillars have been seen to fall. Waziri stated the door was doubtless destroyed in a robust earthquake in historical instances.
