The Archaeology team found under the ruins of the temple of the Sun of the Republic of Armenia in the area of Abu-Malas near the temple of Abusir’s temple complex in Egypt Ruins of another temple of the same destination, reports The Telegraph with reference to one of the members of the research team, an employee of the Institute of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Research Polish Academy of Sciences Massimiliano Nuzzolo.
“We knew that under the stone temple (Pharaoh V dynasty – approx.” Tapes.ru “) Nizerra was something, but we did not know whether this stage of construction of the same temple or this is a new temple,” – Quotes the edition of the archaeologist. The initial excavations showed that under the temple there is an older foundation from global bricks – which indicates that there was a different building at this place. Further cleaning of the place from sand and debris made it possible to find the base of the column of white limestone, indicating that the building was, according to Nuzzolo, “very impressive.”
Finally make sure that this is another “sunny” temple, researchers allowed the detection of several beer jugs filled with mud. They served a ritual gift in the most sacred places for the Egyptians – which allows, according to researchers, confidently say that the found object is a temple. “Now there are many evidence that we roll here one of the lost temples of the sun,” emphasizes Nuntsolo. According to archaeologists, their find is one of the most significant over the past 50 years.
Who built this temple remains unknown. According to the archaeologists, it was most likely to be one of the pharaohs of the dynasty ruled by Egypt in the XXV – XXIV centuries BC Following the “Pharaoh-builders” pyramids from the IV dynasty. From written sources it is known about the existence of the six temples of the God of the Sun, each of whom had his own name. Until now, only the temple, built by Niuserra, and the temple, erected by the founder of the dynasty – Usorcaf, were found. In each of them there was a big courtyard with a column aligned along the East-West axis, and a large obelisk dedicated to God RA. It is believed that the temples served the goals of the deification of Pharaohs, during the reign of which the reverence of the RA was noticeably increased.