Ancient military warehouse unearthed in North Sinai

An Egyptian excavating team engaged on an archaeological site in North Sinai has recently unearthed a military storehouse complex which was in use during the New Kingdom.

According to Dr Mohamed Abdul Maqssoud Director of Lower Egypt Antiquities the 3500-year-old complex is built of sun-dried brick and is well fortified. The walls were found to be three metres thick.

The complex which occupies an area of l2,000 square metres is divided into rectangular halls in a linear arrangement and they open up to a large court.

He said the complex was used as central storehouses for Egyptian armies that protected eastern borders in the l9th Dynasty.

The storehouses, said Dr Abdul Maqssoud lie within what was known as Saro Citadel whose name was found on the walls of Al Karnak temple in Luxor.

The team has also found pottery and a small bronze statue of god Horos.