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Photo: Pharaoh Ramses II and Geb, god of earth.

Photo Credit: Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities and AP.

The Associated Press is reporting that four Egyptian temples were discovered on an old military road in the Sinai. The four temples were discovered in the ruins of a 3,000-year-old remains of an ancient fortified city located on the military road known as “Way of Horus.”

According to the report published by the Associated Press,

“Archaeologist Mohammed Abdel-Maqsoud, chief of the excavation team, said the large brick temple could potentially rewrite the historical and military significance of the Sinai for the ancient Egyptians.”

“The temple contains four hallways, three stone purification bowls and colorful inscriptions commemorating Ramses I and II. The grandeur and sheer size of the temple could have been used to impress armies and visiting foreign delegations as they arrived in Egypt.”

According to Abdel-Maqsoud,

“the fortified city corresponded to the inscriptions of the Way of Horus found on the walls of the Karnak Temple in Luxor which illustrated the features of 11 military fortresses that protected Egypt’s eastern borders. Only five of them have been discovered to date.”

Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

Tags: Archaeology, Egypt, Ramses II, Way of Horus,

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