Egyptian archaeologist have unearthed the ruins of a huge edifice on the outskirts of Cairo that is believed to have been a luxurious home in the ancient city of Memphis , harmonise to a statement by the Ministry of Antiquities .
Mostafa Waziri , secretary full general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities , note that the social system is 16 by 14.5 meters ( 52.5 by 47.6 feet ) in size and located in a region guess to be a residential zona of Memphis , a large settlement that was institute by Menes – the pharaoh who unite Upper and lour Egypt into one area – in the belated half of the 31st century BCE . For the next 1,000 or so age , Memphis was the majuscule of Egypt . Even after Martin Luther King stopped rule from the metropolis , it continue to serve as an of import cultural , commercial , and spiritual meat until the fourth one C CE , although the start of its diminution has been trace back to the papistic appropriation of Egypt in 30 BCE .
The building ’s rampart are made of clay bricks that are supported by large limestone blocks and covered on the Interior Department and exterior with attractive red bricks . Interior staircase are also made of red brick , and the structure features four entrances and several corridors . A little building , attached to the southwestern side , houses a large romish - style tub and a way that appear to have been used for religious rituals . The Ministry ’s promulgation explains that several basins used for ritual cleansing were get hold in the bedchamber , as well as a limestone offering dope holder that is carved with a likeness of the god Bes and an flowery border . grant to Adel Okash , heading of the Central Department of Cairo and Giza Antiquities , this finding brook the theory that many individual place had secret shrines .
Further detail , including an approximation of the structure ’s age , are not usable at this metre , but Okash stated that the digging team plan to carry on investigating the situation for “ reveal more secrets of this construction . ”
