The Egyptian state is working to facilitate the work of Egyptian and foreign missions inside archaeological sites, to uncover more artifacts belonging to different historical eras. Completion of its excavation work in the current season in the area surrounding the open-air Obelisk Museum from the western, northern and southern sides in the city of Uno (Heliopolis) in the Matareya region.
And the Matareya area contains many archaeological treasures, as this is not the first time in the extraction of a number of artifacts, so the Egyptian-German mission worked continuously during the past seasons of excavations, and succeeded in discovering unique artifacts.
In 2018, the Egyptian-German mission discovered large quantities of engraved limestone fragments dating back to the era of the Twelfth Dynasty, the Twentieth Dynasty, and the late era, near a stone-burning unit for the manufacture of lime at that time, as all work was concentrated this season in the area of industrial workshops dating back to to between the fourth and second centuries BC (the late and Ptolemaic eras), and the mission also found some parts of statues.
In 2019, the joint Egyptian-German archaeological mission operating in the Matareya antiquities area found many archaeological finds during its work in the 2019 season. The artifacts reused in the workshops, which represent parts of the various elements of the temple, and some of these parts consist of royal statues from the 18th Dynasty and parts of carved pieces of burnt limestone. The mission also found, on the western side of the site, a building from the Ptolemaic era containing Ovens for the baking industry.
On November 05, 2021, the Egyptian-German archaeological mission, working in the Matareya antiquities area, revealed many basalt blocks, which represent parts of the western and northern facade of the temple of King Nectanebo I (380-363 BC), in addition to an extension of the temple from the northern side, perhaps to connect the temple of Nkhtnbo main axis of the temple.
This discovery came while the mission was carrying out archaeological excavations at the center of the Great Temple of Heliopolis in the Matareya antiquities area, where it also found many blocks representing the regions of Lower Egypt, including the view that represents the region of Heliopolis, in addition to views of other regions of Lower Egypt.
Sun, Mar. 26, 2023
