Friday, April 07, 2006

Breaking news This just in from Aayko Eyma with the EEF:

Press report: "Egypt finds clue to ancient temple's secret"
http://www.metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20060407-033056-4219r


"An Egyptian archaeological team has discovered a series of
structures in the southwestern town of Fayoum that could yield
vital data as to how a Middle Kingdom temple was built...the
structures included administrative buildings, granaries and
residences believed to have belonged to priests of the temple,
which was dedicated to Renenutet, the goddess of harvest,
as well as the crocodile-god Sobk and falcon-deity Horus."

It is not clear to me whether the "items found at the site" are newly
found or have been found earlier, e.g. during the past decennia
by the Italian team(s) at the site:
(see http://www.egittologia.unipi.it/pisaegypt/medinet.htm
the Preliminary reports are in English).

The news is confirmed by the Egypt State Information Service site,
without supplying any info of use:
http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Culture/000001/0203000000000000000603.htm