Apries fought a lost war against the Phoenicians, which killed many Egyptian soldiers and sparked a civil war in Egypt
According to the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, a farmer living near Ismailia in Egypt discovered a 2,600-year-old stele erected by Pharaoh Apriy, who ruled from 589 BC. until 570 BC
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A farmer found this ancient sandstone slab while preparing the land for cultivation, about 100 km northeast of Cairo. He then contacted the Tourism and Antiquities Police. The stele is 230 cm long, 103 cm wide and 45 cm thick.
The statement says that a winged solar disk (associated with the sun god Ra) is carved at the top of the stele with a cartouche of Pharaoh Apries, with 15 lines of hieroglyphic writing below it. Apris, also known as Wahibre Haibre, ruled during the 26th Dynasty of Egypt (688–525 BC), when Egypt was independent and its capital was often located in Sais in northern Egypt.
Work is underway to translate the stele. Mostafa Waziri, general secretary of the High Council of Antiquities, said the stele appears to be related to the military campaign that Apris embarked on east of Egypt.
The ancient Greek historian Herodotus (lived circa 484-425 BC) argued that Aries fought a lost war against the Phoenicians, which killed many Egyptian soldiers and provoked a civil war in Egypt that eventually led to that Apries was killed and replaced by a pharaoh named Amasis. It is unclear if this stele will shed new light on these events. The article was published on Live Science.
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