Archaeologists have found a large historical rock tunnel beneath an Egyptian temple, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities introduced final week.
A bunch led by Dr. Kathleen Martinez, who heads the Egyptian-Dominican mission of the College of Santo Domingo, uncovered the tunnel. She has made a number of earlier discoveries in her seek for the tomb of Queen Cleopatra.
Archeologists described the tunnel a “geometric miracle,” in line with a information launch from the ministry. It stretches over 4,300 toes and is carved in a rock 42 toes beneath the bottom within the space of the Temple of Tapozeris Magna, which is positioned west of the town of Alexandria, the ministry mentioned.
Egypt Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
The identify of the temple, Tapozeris Magna, is devoted to Osiris — the God of demise.
The tunnel’s architectural design seems to resemble that of Greece’s Jubilinos Tunnel, however longer, the ministry mentioned. Martinez mentioned part of the tunnel was discovered to be submerged below the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, in line with the ministry.
A community of tunnels stretching from King Marriott Lake to the Mediterranean had been additionally found, in addition to 16 burial websites inside rock-carved tombs generally used within the Greek and Roman centuries, the ministry disclosed.
Egypt Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
Throughout earlier excavations on the web site, researchers additionally discovered essential artifacts contained in the temple, together with cash bearing the photographs and names of each Queen Cleopatra and Alexander the Nice. They mentioned a lot of beheaded statues, and statues of the goddess Isis, had been additionally discovered.
Egypt Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
