Understanding the news: Discoveries at Tel Al-Pharaeen - Buto, variousperiods

Updated reconstruction sketch of fragment shown in the article linked in the post (see top right hand corner). With thanks to +Doddy Mohamed
Understanding the news: Discoveries at Tel Al-Pharaeen - Buto, various periods
An Egyptian mission kicked off 2018 by announcing some fascinating new discoveries at the ancient Nile Delta city of Buto in Northern Egypt (Kafr Al-Sheikh Governorate).
The dig has focussed on what may be the main axis of the temple of Buto, according to Ayman Ashmawy, Head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Sector at Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities.
The finds date from various periods and include furnaces from the Late Period which can help us to understand ancient Egyptian pyro-technology, use of materials and manufacturing methods. These furnaces may have been used to manufacture metal materials specifically for use in the temple such as vessels. Also found were fragments of statues and reliefs, including a torso of a king (preview image below) which is possibly 21st Dynasty king Aakheperre (Psusennes I). Excavation leader Hossam Ghoneim, also described the discovery of the head of a statue of Horus, an inscription bearing the name Buto and fragments of statues dating to the 21st Dynasty and pottery.
Our understanding of the Delta region of Egypt is less fully documented with archaeological evidence due to the location being humid, moist and under heavy cultivation. This means that usually only very robust objects such as stone are found in a good state of preservation, and sites have often been heavily damaged or obscured by agricultural use of the land.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/286388.aspx

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  1. Doddy Mohamed Oh! Of course! I see it now, I was reading m (owl) instead of ꜣ (eagle). Thank you!

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  2. Aakheperure Merytsekhmet welcome any time , thanks for all your efforts to supporte the ancient egyptian civilization i had been learnt from your posts alot.

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  3. Updated reconstruction sketch of fragment shown in the article linked in the post (see top right hand corner). With thanks to Doddy Mohamed
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