In the Sinai Peninsula, Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the ruins of a temple dedicated to the Greek god Zeus, the Egyptian ministry of antiquities and tourism announced on Monday (April 25th). This discovery was made at the ancient site of Pelusium (now Tell El-Farama), on the easternmost branch of the Nile Delta.
Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Egyptian Antiquities, said archaeologists excavated the ruins of the temple through its front door, where two huge fallen granite columns were visible. The gate was destroyed by a powerful earthquake in ancient times, he said. Hisham Hussein, director of Sinai Archaeological Sites, said inscriptions found in the area show that Roman Emperor Hadrian (117-138) renovated the temple. The city of Pelusium, which dates back to the end of the Pharaonic era, has gone through the ages, since there are vestiges dating from the Greco-Roman, Byzantine and early Islamic periods.