Beni Suef, Egypt-la brujula verde A reused stone block carved with the name of Pharaoh Senwosret III has been discovered in central Egypt at Ihanasiya al-Medina, the Egyptian capital during the 9th and 10th dynasties, also known as Heraklopolis Magna, reports said. Senwosret III, 12th Dynasty, ruled from about 1878 to 1840 BC The inscription contains his coronation and birth titles. Also found was a cartouche bearing the name Osiris na Rif, a deity who was worshiped in the region in the Pharaonic period and Ptolemaic era. Hisham El-Leithy of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities said that traces of a Roman-era basilica; A Doric Greek temple; Head of a marble statue of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty; Fragments of wall sculptures; And ceramic molds for making Roman coins were also found. Doric temple components reused in the sixth century Advertisement In the foundations of the basilica and in the platforms for its massive columns, El-Leithy explained. To read about the funerary complex of Senwosret III, visit “a pharaoh’s last fleet“
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