The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities has announced a dramatic find in the center of the country. During construction work, the lost temple of a pharaoh of the Ptolemaic Dynasty was uncovered, completely by chance. The temple is a very important discovery and it is expected to help researchers to better understand the period when the Ptolemaic dynasty began to decline.
The Ministry announced that the find was made while a construction crew was “drilling for a sewage drainage project in Kom Shaqau village in Tama township in northern Sohag,” reports Egypt Today . Workers found some dressed stones in a sewage drain. As required by law they immediately contacted the authorities.
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