The Discovery Of A New & Complete Version Of The Canopus Decree Of King Ptolemy Iii In Sharqiya

The Egyptian archaeological mission fro the Supreme Council of Antiquities, at Tell El-Pharaeen archaeological site in the city of Husseiniya in Sharqiya Governorate, has uncovered a stone stela representing a new copy of the famous Canopus Decree, issued by King Ptolemy III in 283 BC.

The significance of this discovery lies in the fact that it is a completely new version of the Canopus Decree, adding to the six previously known copies, some complete and others fragmentary, which were discovered at Kom El-Hisn, San El-Hagar, and Tell Basta. Unlike the other versions, which were trilingual—written in hieroglyphic, Demotic, & Greek—this stela is inscribed solely in hieroglyphs.