The secretive entrance, found in the historic town of Athribis, near the modern city of Sohag, originally stood up to 60ft (18m) tall. Archaeologists unearthed an entrance to a large stone temple ...
Photo from Marcus Müller and the Athribis Project via the University of Tübingen The massive stone block weighed roughly 40,000 pounds and sat in front of a crumbling ancient temple in Egypt.
The gateway – on the western side of the historic Athribis site near Sohag, Egypt – originally stood up to 60 feet (18 meters) tall. It's a stunning example of an Egyptian 'pylon' – where ...