Several dozen previously unknown hieroglyphic records were found by Polish scientists on rocks in the immediate vicinity of the temple of the goddess Hathor in central Egypt, said the head of the expedition, Wojciech Eismond.
"Several dozen records are carved on a stone wall in the immediate vicinity of a stone temple about 3.5 thousand years old, where, in particular, the goddess Hathor was worshiped," the RAR agency quotes the scientist.
According to the leader of the expedition, the discovered inscriptions are "an invaluable source for research on the beliefs of the ancients."
From the translation made by the famous Egyptologist David Vechorko, it follows that the discovered records contain requests to the gods for intercession or gratitude for help. The inscriptions are made from about 1770 to 1400 BC.
Scientists note that the working conditions were extremely difficult, because it is almost impossible to get to many of the inscriptions - they are located in such places, on the rocks, that it is often impossible to see them without the use of camera rods or climbing equipment. This is because the shape of the hill has changed significantly over the past several thousand years.
Hitherto unknown inscriptions are next to the stone shrine, which has been investigated in recent years by a group of archaeologists led by Eismond. Archaeological research has not yet been carried out in this place. It was Polish scientists who were able to establish that the temple was founded during the reign of Hatshepsut, that is, 3.5 thousand years ago, and that it was dedicated to the goddess Hathor.
Hathor - in Egyptian mythology, the goddess of the sky, love, femininity, beauty, fertility, fun and dancing.
