Crocodile God-Cult of Old Egypt
DISCOVERY OF TEMPXjJS WEIRD PRACTICES. United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. • ’ LONDON, Fob. IS. The Cairo correspondent of "The Times” says that for the first timo in the history of Egyptian excavation a complete sanctuary of the crocodile god~Sokoniis has been discovered. An Italian archaeological expedition has unearthed a temple at Tebtinis in tho Rayum district, which will enablo a reconstruction of the weird practices of this strange cult, which Greek and Roman tourists paid special visits to observe. The expedition found a paved court flanked by four buildings, probably chambers in which priests awaited tho divino inspiration which was the main concern of tho Crocodile God's servant s The entrances are decorated with Statues of lions and sphinxes. At the end of the sacred way is the main limejtone temple, the portals of which are -flanked with the statue of Pharaoh as a sleeping lion; Tho walls are copiousadorned with paintings and sunk reliefs.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 5581, 20 February 1931, Page 7
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