The magnificent Antinos statue at Delphi

The magnificent Antinos 

statue at Delphi

The ruins of the Ptolemy Temple at Taposiris Magna near Alexandria have partially collapsed into the Mediterranean Sea and tunnels beneath the temple point in the direction of hidden ruins. It is believed that Cleopatra's tomb may be concealed beneath the rubble. Other significant discoveries have been made over the years including artifacts such as statues of Alexander the Great the goddess Isis and Cleopatra the last ruler of the ancient Egyptian empire until the discovery of the statue of Antios erected at the Temple of Delphi.

The statue once served as a station on the east bank for transporting goods to Alexandria. It also revealed several tunnels extending from the Lake Mariut. Between 320 and 1303 AD. several earthquakes along the coast caused parts of the temple to collapse. Osiris the ancient Egyptian god of death presided over the judgment of souls and the afterlife through the underworld

Through various chambers and water beneath the three levels of the tomb above ground which were first discovered in 2008 Antios was a remarkably handsome young Greek man from Bithynia Osiris a friend of the Roman Emperor Hadrian later died mysteriously in the Nile River In the summer of 1894. a team excavated the magnificent statue of Antinose which Hadrian had commissioned in 773 AD while the Romans were digging a tunnel to remove silt from the river.

The magnificent statue of Antinous discovered at Delphi

Discoveries concerning the afterlife and the past archaeology revealed the legendary importance of Osiris within ancient Egyptian temples. Near the Temple of Taposiris Magna this mysterious structure lies beneath the sands of the legendary Pyramid of Osiris. The tomb that once existed beneath the pyramid provides further evidence this intriguing burial site leads to a 4,300-foot-long tunnel that served as an entrance to the Temple of Osiris with a stone structure at the entrance.