{"id":2000113902,"date":"2026-06-01T08:08:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T06:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000113902"},"modified":"2026-06-01T08:08:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T06:08:32","slug":"egypt-uncovers-ancient-egyptian-greco-roman-artifacts-south-of-cairo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/egypt-uncovers-ancient-egyptian-greco-roman-artifacts-south-of-cairo\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt uncovers ancient Egyptian, Greco-Roman artifacts south of Cairo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A statement by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said the discovery, made by an Egyptian archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities at the “Ihnasya al-Medina” site, shed new light on the religious and cultural prominence of the ancient city across various historical eras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the key findings is a reused stone block featuring a prominent inscription of Pharaoh Senusret III’s coronation and birth names, alongside a cartouche of the deity “Osiris-Naref,” a major god worshiped in Ihnasya during ancient Egyptian and Ptolemaic times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hisham Elleithy, secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, said uncovering the cartouche of King Senusret III is a “significant find,” as the pharaoh was historically linked to several major monuments at the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mission also excavated structural extensions of a Roman basilica, the remnants of an ancient Doric temple, fragments of wall statues, and Roman-era pottery molds used for minting coins. A rare marble statue head of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty, was also discovered, the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of Egypt’s most vital archaeological sites, “Ihnasya al-Medina” flourished during the Greco-Roman eras, when it was known as Herakleopolis Magna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A sphinx statue believed to be made in the likeness of a Roman emperor is uncovered from an archaeological site in Qena, Egypt, in an undated photo distributed Monday. (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities via Associated Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egypt announced Sunday the discovery of artifacts dating back to the ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman eras in Beni Suef Governorate, south of Cairo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000113904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"byline":[235],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000113902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-culture","byline-xinhua"],"bylines":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"contributors":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"featured_image":{"id":2000113904,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/News-20240627-Egypt-Mummy-Cartonnage-1024x856-1.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1024,"height":856,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/News-20240627-Egypt-Mummy-Cartonnage-1024x856-1.jpg","width":150,"height":125},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/News-20240627-Egypt-Mummy-Cartonnage-1024x856-1.jpg","width":300,"height":251},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/News-20240627-Egypt-Mummy-Cartonnage-1024x856-1.jpg","width":768,"height":642},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/News-20240627-Egypt-Mummy-Cartonnage-1024x856-1.jpg","width":1024,"height":856},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/News-20240627-Egypt-Mummy-Cartonnage-1024x856-1.jpg","width":1024,"height":856}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000113902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000113902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000113902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000113906,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000113902\/revisions\/2000113906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000113904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000113902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000113902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000113902"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000113902"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000113902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}