Archaeologists begin restoring ancient temple linked to key Bible figure: 'Reflects greatness'

An past temple that belonged to an Old Testament pharaoh is being restored by archaeologists successful Egypt.

In a Facebook station published Thursday, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced that Ramesses II's temple successful the Luxor Governorate, the Ramesseum, volition acquisition important restoration enactment successful the caller year.

Ramesses II is believed to beryllium the pharaoh who ruled over Egypt successful the Book of Exodus. The Egyptian king, whose sanction is besides spelled Ramses, was calved successful 1303 B.C. and died successful 1213 B.C. 

The tourism ministry said the restoration enactment is being done successful collaboration with the National University of Cultural Heritage of Korea. According to Egyptian officials, Ramesses II built the temple to grant Amun-Ra, the Egyptian deity of the air, the prima and creation.

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Archaeologists successful Egypt are moving to reconstruct the Ramesseum, a temple belonging to Ramesses II. (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities/Getty Images)

After an earthquake struck Egypt successful 27 B.C., the Ramesseum was near successful ruins, but a property merchandise noted that the remnants of the past gathering "indicate that it was a expansive temple that reflects the greatness and stature of Ramesses II among the kings."

"The temple is surrounded by a monolithic mudbrick wall, and its magnitude reaches 180 meters with a width of 66 meters," the statement, which was translated from Arabic to English, said. "It besides includes depictions of 1 of the astir important battles led by Ramesses II, the Battle of Kadesh."

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Officials anticipation restoring the past temple volition "enhance" the tourism acquisition for visitors. (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)

The task "aims to recognize the methods utilized by the past Egyptians successful constructing this pylon, analyzing its inscriptions and comparing them with those successful different temples."

"Excavation enactment astir the pylon volition effort to uncover chromatic blocks that were portion of the pylon, successful summation to the technological documentation and signaling of these chromatic blocks, arsenic good arsenic creating a database for the project," the property merchandise noted.

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"Additionally, the task involves stabilizing, restoring and returning the stones to their archetypal positions to rebuild the pylon aft completing the documentation work."

Archaeologists are analyzing the temple's stones to usher the restoration process. (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)

Officials anticipation the restoration volition "enhance the tourism acquisition for visitors, some Egyptian and foreign, particularly for those funny successful taste tourism."

Ramesses II made planetary headlines past twelvemonth aft archaeologists uncovered an ancient sword belonging to his subject successful September.

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The artifact, recovered successful the Beheira Governorate, was portion of a find that included "a bid of mudbrick architectural units, including subject barracks for soldiers and retention rooms for weapons, food, and provisions from the New Kingdom era."

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