Ancient temple to Zeus uncovered in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula
Egyptian archeologists have unearthed the ruins of a Roman temple dedicated to Zeus in the Sinai Peninsula, continuing excavation work that first began in the early 20th century.
Egyptian archaeologists recently unearthed the ruins of a temple of the Greek god Zeus along with other antiquities from the early Christian and Islamic eras in North Sinai.
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced April 25 that the discoveries were made during excavations by an Egyptian mission at the archeological site in Tell el-Farma, known in ancient Egypt as Pelusium. The site is located just east of the Suez Canal.
Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mustafa al-Waziri told Al-Monitor over the phone that the temple was determined buried under granite blocks that turned out to be the remains of a huge gate. The gate had once consisted of two pink granite columns about eight meters tall and one meter wide and a granite lintel.
Waziri said that the mud-brick temple collapsed in an earthquake hundred of years ago. The entrance of the temple was determined to have once been reached by marble steps, he said.
