Sharqiya: The Egyptian archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities, at Tell El-Pharaeen archaeological site in the city of Husseiniya in Sharqiya Governorate, has uncovered a stone stela representing a new copy of the famous Canopus Decree, issued by King Ptolemy III in 283 BC.According to State Information Service Egypt, the significance of this discovery lies in the fact that it is a completely new version of the Canopus Decree, adding to the six previously known copies, some complete and others fragmentary, which were discovered at Kom El-Hisn, San El-Hagar, and Tell Basta. Unlike the other versions, which were trilingual-written in hieroglyphic, Demotic, and Greek-this stela is inscribed solely in hieroglyphs.
Rare Hieroglyphic Copy of Canopus Decree Unearthed in Sharqiya
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