![]() ![]() A halo around the statue’s head is covered with rays of sun, “which indicates his radiant mind,” says the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in a statement, per Google Translate.įounded in the third century B.C.E., Berenike eventually became one of the largest ports in Roman-controlled Egypt, according to the antiquities ministry. ![]() Made from Mediterranean marble, it provides new evidence of trade between ancient Rome and India.īased on stylistic details, the researchers think it was made in Alexandria around the second century C.E. The artifact is the first Buddha ever found west of Afghanistan, according to the New York Review of Books’ William Dalrymple. Researchers have discovered a two-foot-tall Buddha statue in Berenike, an ancient Egyptian port city. ![]()
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