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flag Egyptian and Italian teams found half a lost sun temple to Ra near Cairo, along with 255 statues and other key artifacts.

flag Egyptian and Italian archaeologists have uncovered over half of a previously inaccessible sun temple dedicated to the god Ra, built by King Nyuserre of the Fifth Dynasty near Cairo’s Abusir necropolis. flag The site, identified in 1901 but long blocked by groundwater, revealed more than 1,000 square meters of structure, including column bases, granite thresholds, and a sloping ramp. flag This discovery adds to the rare known solar temples from ancient Egypt, with only two confirmed. flag In related finds, 255 statues were discovered in San al-Hagar, including a colossal 60-ton statue over 10 meters long. flag Meanwhile, restored Colossi of Memnon in Luxor were reassembled after 20 years, and 225 funerary figurines helped identify the tomb of Pharaoh Shoshenq III in Tanis.

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