FILE- A 30-ton archaeological sarcophagus was found below a building in Alexandria governorate, Egypt - Ministry of Antiquities official Facebook pageCAIRO – 30 December 2018: Early 2018, Egyptian minister of Antiquities Khaled Anany announced 2018 as the year of archaeological discoveries. The lids depict a human, a baboon, a jackal and a falcon and are skillfully carved and modeled by three different artists. The statue was found in a small incision between the huge blocks of the pyramid’s eastern façade. Some of the discovered rooms are an obvious portrayal of the Roman architectural style; the rooms contain the well-known Roman marble columns and walls of large stone blocks with right angles, proving they date back to the Roman era. The Ptolemaic Kingdom was a Hellenistic kingdom based in ancient Egypt.

Source: Egypt Today December 30, 2018 09:33 UTC