Mahmoud al-Hosari, a professor of archeology at Eloued University, explained that the city was established during the reign of Djoser, founder of the Third Dynasty. He explained, “The area became famous in the Roman era for its unique location as a port on the Mediterranean Sea and at the end of the estuary of the ancient Pelusium branch of the Nile.” Waziri explained, “The discovered blocks are now being studied, documented and photographed using photogrammetric technology to be reassembled using modern programs and technologies, which contributes to reaching the architectural design closest to the Temple of Zeus Cassius.”Īccording to Waziri, Pelusium dates to the late Pharaonic era and flourished as a major port during the Roman, Greek and Byzantine eras. The modern team found another piece of the lintel that completed the inscription, which reads that Roman Emperor Hadrian had ordered new additions to the Temple of Zeus Cassius in Pelusium and that the ruler of Egypt, Titus Flavius Titanus, completed them. He noted that in 1910, French archaeologist Jean Cledat had discovered the lintel bearing part of a Greek inscription that indicated the presence of the Temple of Zeus Cassius, but did not find the structure. 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. The gate had once consisted of two pink granite columns about eight meters tall and one meter wide and a granite lintel. 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.
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