![]() The tools also include small statutes of the deities Taweret and Thoth, a large offering plate, a birthing chair, a pure gold eye of Ujat and the remains of materials used in gilding. ![]() 18, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mustafa al-Waziri stressed the importance of this discovery, saying some of the tools were used to perform daily religious rituals in honor of the goddess Hathor. He added that the tools seem to have been intentionally placed under stone blocks on top of a sand hill south of the temple of the goddess Wajit.Īccording to Waziri, among the tools are a limestone sculpture in the form of the goddess Hathor, a set of incense burners made of faience - one of them with the head of the god Horus - and a set of clay figurines once used in religious and ceremonial rituals in dedication to Hathor. CAIRO - The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has announced the discovery of a cache of ancient tools used in religious rituals from the Temple of the Pharaohs (Buto) in Kafr el-Sheikh governorate north of Cairo.
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