This article is from Ancient Egypt issue 135
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The remains of a columned hall have been discovered by an Egyptian team excavating the Temple of Wadjet at Buto (Tell el-Fara’in – or ‘Mound of the Pharaohs’).
The remains of three columns were found at the south-western end of the temple, which was dedicated to the goddess of Lower Egypt.
Finds of religious pottery vessels and fragments of reliefs suggest the hall dates to the Saite Period.
The team also uncovered a limestone block with the depiction of a bird-headed deity wearing a feathered crown, which may represent the goddess Nekhbet, the goddess of Upper Egypt, and a small stone cabin with offering vessels which may have housed small statues dedicated to the temple.
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