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Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, Minister State of Antiquities, announced the discovery of the foundations and the ruins of gates remaining of one of the castles at Tell Habua (The old Tharw, as mentioned in the inscriptions of Pharaoh Seti I at Karnak, describing the road of Horus), three kilometres northeast of Qantara East in North Sinai.
Parts of octagonal limestone column of a 1 meter height and 28cm diameter bearing Ramses II cartouche with his name and titles in scripted including The beloved of Amon, Horus of the two horizons, Egypt’s protector and conqueror of the foreign countries.
The minister referred that the discovery was made by the Ministry mission and contributed to by the newly recruited graduates during their training of field work within the ministry’s plan to transfer expertise to them.
Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim said that a plan to manage the site of Tell Habua and open it to local and international tourism as it is considered one of the important sites in Sinai as the largest fortified city of the New Kingdom on the Horus Road which was the main trade and military route from Egypt to Palestine.
Bericht mit Fotos - auch zu Tell Basta siehe: http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.de/20...at-largest.html
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