The
block is engraved with the cartouche of the 30th Dynasty King Nectanebo II, who
is known for his construction projects. Wreitten By/ Nevine El-Aref.
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The Whole Block Discovered
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An
Egyptian archaeological committee from Al-Belinna inspectorate in the Sohag
town of Abydos found a stone block engraved with the cartouche of the 30th
Dynasty King Nectanebo II during the inspection of an old house in the Beni
Mansour area, under which the owner was carrying out an illegal excavation.
The
Tourism and Antiquities Police caught the suspects conducting the illegal
excavation red-handed and have confiscated the house until the completion of
investigations, according to Hani Abul Azm, the head of the Central
Administration for Antiquities of Upper Egypt.
Abul
Azm added that the block may have been part of King Nectanebo II's royal shrine
or an extension of a wall of a temple built by the king. Nectanebo
II is well-known for his construction projects in Abydos. Abul
Azm said that after the completion of the expropriation procedures, more
excavation will take place at the site.
Ashraf
Okasha, director-general of Abydos Antiquities, pointed out that the newly
discovered block measures 1.40x40 cm, but the high level of subterranean water
has made it difficult to determine whether it was part of a shrine or a temple
wall.
Okasha
added that the archaeological committee inspected the site at the two-storey
mud brick house where the illegal excavation was underway, with the block discovered
at the bottom of a four metre-deep hole.
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