Luxury and corpulence signified status. (In an age when most Egyptians got only enough food to get by, her heavy-set son Ptolemy VIII was “an aspirational role model.”) It helped that her ...

The hieroglyphics suggest Ptolemy VIII from the 2nd century BCE was responsible for the construction of the pylon. Though the inscriptions also portray Egyptian fertility god Min, his wife Repit ...

Archaeologists excavating the temple there found a relief showing King Ptolemy VIII (reign circa 170 to 116 B.C.) offering sacrifices to the lion-headed goddess Repit and her son Kolanthes.

While excavating the temple, which is made of stone, the team found the remains of reliefs showing King Ptolemy VIII (reign circa 170 to 116 B.C.) offering sacrifices to the lion-headed goddess ...

Hieroglyphic inscriptions indicate the king who was likely responsible for the construction of the pylon: Ptolemy VIII. Ptolemy VIII was a second-century ruler of Egypt from the Ptolemaic dynasty.

Archaeologists discovered a 2,100-year-old Egyptian temple hidden in a cliff face at Athribis, featuring intricate reliefs and hieroglyphic inscriptions from the reign of King Ptolemy VIII.

The chamber was likely used to store utensils and amphorae. On the gate’s facades, the team found remains of reliefs showing King Ptolemy VIII — who ruled over Egypt from 170 to 164 BC during the ...