The magnificent Antinos statue at Delphi
The ruins of the Ptolemaic Temple at Taposiris Magna near Alexandria. Parts of the temple collapsed into ruins in the Mediterranean Sea. Archaeologists analyzing these stones discovered that the head of a Sphinx was originally located in a tunnel beneath the Temple of Osiris also known as Taposiris Magna. Stones were placed around the entrance. The tunnel beneath the temple points in the direction of the temple's hidden ruins. It is believed that Cleopatra's tomb may be hidden beneath the ruins. Other significant discoveries have been made over the years. Artifacts include a statue of Alexander the Great a statue of the goddess Isis and a statue of Cleopatra the last ruler of the Ancient Egyptian Empire.
The statue of Antinos was erected at the Temple of Delphi. Antinos was an exceptionally beautiful young Greek from Bithynia who became a friend or lover of the Roman Emperor Hadrian but later died mysteriously in the Nile. In the summer of 1894, a team excavated the magnificent Antinos statue which Emperor Hadrian commissioned in 773 AD when the Romans were digging a path to clear silt from the river. The statue was once a station on the eastern shore for the transport of goods to Alexandria. It also reveals a series of tunnels extending from Lake Marieout. Between 320 and 1303 AD several earthquakes on the coast caused parts of the temple to collapse.
Osiris the ancient Egyptian god of the dead judged souls and the afterlife through the underworld through chambers and water beneath a three-tiered above-ground tomb first discovered in 2008. Past afterlife and archaeological discoveries reveal the mythical significance of Osiris within the ancient Egyptian temple complex near the Temple of Taposiris Magna. This mysterious structure is actually beneath the sands of the legendary Pyramid of Osiris. The tombs that once under the pyramid provide further evidence of this. This intriguing burial site leads to a 4,300-foot-long tunnel which serves as the entrance to the Temple of Osiris with a stone structure at the entrance
