The Jordanian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Lina Anab, announced, in the presence of Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawas, the discovery of the first “Pharaonic Royal Herozlifi” inscription in the Kingdom.
The inscription is returned to the Pharaonic King Ramses III (1186-1155) BC, and it is located in the area of Wadi Rum Reserve in the south of the country.
The announcement came during a press conference of Minister Annab in the presence of Hawas, in conjunction with the World Heritage Day celebrations that falls on April 18 annually. The Minister concluded a bilateral cooperation note with the Zahi Hawas Foundation for Antiquities and Heritage, to exchange experiences and enhance the efforts to protect human heritage.
And the Saudi visitor was found by Jalbakh in one of the rocky mountains.
The new inscription was discovered, within the framework of academic cooperation between the Jordanian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and the Heritage Authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Saudi researcher, Mardi Jalbakh Al -Qa`sah, announced his finding on this inscription through a post on social media, last August, where it is located near the Jordanian -Saudi border south of Wadi Rum.
Hawas said in press statements to international media, including CNN in Arabic after the conference, that this archaeological inscription is very important, because it contains two royal seals (cartridges) in the name of the Pharaonic king Ramses III, the first of which includes his name at birth, while the second seal includes the name of the “throne”. Hawas added: “Here he announces that he is the king of Upper and Lower Egypt.”
Hawas indicated that finding the name Ramses III means that “organized excavations must be made on this site, as it may result in the disclosure of other important monuments, the historical relations between Jordan and Egypt appear more than 3 thousand years ago. This disclosure is a responsibility for us, and it will be a very beautiful work that we do these excavations with the archaeologists in Jordan.” Hawas pointed out that Ramses III is the last of the Kings of the Pharaohs.
Hawas is considered one of the most prominent Egyptian archaeologists, and called for the necessity of establishing a national antiquities museum in Jordan that depends on advanced display methods, similar to the Grand Egyptian Museum.
Commenting on the CNN website in Arabic, about the most important archaeological discoveries this year in Egypt, he said that it will be about the discovery of “the secrets of the Great Pyramid”, and it may be broadcast live.
Hawas reiterated the allegations of finding columns below the pyramid of Khafra, and said that “what was announced through Italians has no basis for health, and has no connection with science at all, and they did not obtain approval to conduct excavations. Evidence that the base of the second pyramid of King Khafra is built from the rock at a distance of 8 meters,” saying that what was talked about is only a hallucination. “
Hawas participates in his visit to the Kingdom, in several field tours, including the Regional Center for Maintenance in the ancient city of Jerash in the north of the country and the location of Jabal Al -Qalaa in the capital, Amman, in addition to participating in excavation work in the “Ayla” site in Aqaba.
The Jordanian Minister of Tourism said that the Pharaonic inscription is only a new witness to the depth of civilized accumulation in Jordan, noting that Jordan has a rich legacy of inscriptions, and that this inscription “is a very important addition to the topic of written heritage in Jordan.”
The researchers in the Jordanian team to discover the Manasir from the Hashemite University and Ahmed Lash from the Jordanian General Antiquities Department spoke about the importance of engraving in the rocky mountains of Wadi Rum, and confirmed that it is the first of its kind in the Kingdom.
The researchers noted that the initial analysis of the engraving shows that King Ramses III may have led his campaign himself, or he participated directly or symbolically, a campaign that he launched on the south of the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula with the aim of controlling the old commercial roads and the areas of the spread of copper and natural minerals during the late Bronze Age.
