Archaeologists unearth intact Canopus decree stele in El Husseiniya, Egypt
Unlike earlier trilingual copies, the 1.27 metre 238 BC slab is inscribed solely in hieroglyphs, promising new insights into Ptolemaic rule and calendar reforms.
Archaeologists unearth intact Canopus decree stele in El Husseiniya, Egypt.(photo credit: Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Facebook)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF