Egyptologists have found carved basalt blocks in a chapel to King Nectanebo I, founder of the 30th Dynasty—the last native Egyptian royal house before Alexander the Great conquered the country in 332 BC. They also unearthed evidence of earlier settlements, going back to pre-Dynastic periods.
The Egyptian-German mission, excavating Heliopolis Temple in a modern part of Cairo, found part of a royal statue of King Merineptah, who was of a much earlier time than Nectanebo—the 19th Dynasty of 1291 to 1187 BC.
“Aiman Ashmawy, head of the Egyptian Mission from the Ministry of Antiquities, added that the uncovered part of the statue depicts King Merineptah of the 19th Dynasty presenting an offering to a deity, pointing out that excavation works performed at the area revealed layers of human settlements; pottery and other evidences dating to Pre- and Early Dynastic Periods,” says the Facebook page of the Ministry of Antiquities.
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