Ancient stone tunnel discovered in Egypt

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Ancient stone tunnel discovered in Egypt

STORY: Ancient stone tunnel discovered in Egypt DATELINE: Nov. 4, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:19 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various pics of a stone tunnel 2. various pics of discoveries near the temple of Taposiris Magna 3. various shots of excavation site and the discovered items STORYLINE: The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Thursday the discovery of a stone tunnel, 13 meters beneath the land surface, two alabaster heads, and several potteries in the coastal city of Alexandria, northern Egypt. An Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission found the tunnel in the temple of Taposiris Magna, which was a city established by Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus between 280 and 270 BC, the ministry said in a statement, adding that the tunnel is 1,305 m in length and 2 m in height. "Near the temple, archaeologists found two heads of alabaster, one is for a person from the Ptolemaic era, from 305 to 30 BC, while the other is for a sphinx," the statement said. During the ex

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