guy Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) Quote During excavations at the ancient Hellenistic-Roman port of Berenike on the Red Sea coast of Egypt, an international team of archaeologists has documented a religious space from the Late Roman period associated with a falcon cult. Falcon remains. Quote “The numismatic evidence suggests use of the shrine in the second half of the third to early fourth century CE and the later fourth or fifth century CE and possibly later.” Quote “Joan Oller Guzmán and his colleagues have uncovered a temple at the ancient seaport of Berenice, which is located in Egypt’s Eastern Desert. Dubbed the Falcon Shrine for a group 15 headless falcons and eggs found buried within it, the temple has been dated from the fourth to the sixth centuries A.D., when the city may have been partially occupied by the Blemmyes, a nomadic group from Nubia. Inscriptions at the site include the names of some Blemmyes kings. The Falcon Shrine is thought to have been adapted to accommodate a combination of the beliefs of the Blemmyes and Egyptian traditions. Offerings such as harpoons, cube-shaped statues, and a stela recording various religious activities have also been found, Oller explained.“ Summary: It is interesting that an Egyptian cult persisted so late in Roman history, long after Christianity was firmly entrenched in the Empire. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/720806 https://www.sci.news/archaeology/berenike-falcon-shrine-11268.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/10913-221007-egypt-falcon-shrine https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egypt-falcon-temple Edited October 22, 2022 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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