Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Croc Update (Priestly Edition)

Ancient priests' names preserved in pottery - Technology & science - Science - DiscoveryNews.com - msnbc.com: "Broken pieces of clay pottery have revealed the names of dozens of Egyptian priests who served at the temple of a crocodile god, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) announced.

Engraved with text dating back to the Roman period, the small potsherds have been found by Italian archaeologists on the west side of the temple dedicated to the crocodile god Soknopaios in Soknopaiou Nesos, an Egyptian village in the Fayoum oasis."

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