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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 3064187, member: 87200&quot;]Here&#039;s a video of the discovery, also includes some pictorials of Kom Ombo temple which is one of the better preserved temples in Egypt...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/world/2018/04/23/-bust-roman-emperor-found-egypt/34164879/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/world/2018/04/23/-bust-roman-emperor-found-egypt/34164879/" rel="nofollow">https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/world/2018/04/23/-bust-roman-emperor-found-egypt/34164879/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>More on Kom Ombo temple, actually started by Ptolemy VI Philometer, rather than Ptolemy V Epiphanes as I stated in the original post...it wasn&#039;t unusual for the Roman emperors to add hieroglyphs of their names in cartouches to the temples, for example Trajan&#039;s name is inscribed in the temple of Esna (Khnum) whilst the last hieroglyphic inscription lists Trajan Decius as pharaoh.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Kom_Ombo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Kom_Ombo" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Kom_Ombo</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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