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Egypt unearths tools used in ancient rituals

The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities says a cache of items found in the ancient city of Buto were used in religious rituals for the goddess Hathor.
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CAIRO — The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has announced the discovery of a cache of ancient tools used in religious rituals from the Temple of the Pharaohs (Buto) in Kafr el-Sheikh governorate north of Cairo.

In a press statement on Sept. 18, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mustafa al-Waziri stressed the importance of this discovery, saying some of the tools were used to perform daily religious rituals in honor of the goddess Hathor. He added that the tools seem to have been intentionally placed under stone blocks on top of a sand hill south of the temple of the goddess Wajit.

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