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Hieroglyphic text dates back to 1500 BC
Found the Department of Antiquities inDamascus at the monument in the village ofbasalt Midaa (about 25 km east of Damascus),which is a stone of dimensions 70 × 40 × 50 cm,was used in the construction of one corner ofthe old town mosque.
He says Mr. Mahmoud Hammoud, head of the effects of Damascus: This type of monuments commonly used in the age of the Pharaohs of Egypt to commemorate certain.
The date of this monument to the reign of Pharaoh Rameses II (most famous king of the Nineteenth Dynasty in the New Kingdom around 1580 1090 BC) who was able to control the southern Syria during his rule and tried to progress to the north the Hittites, who controlled the north, met with the Egyptians in Battle of Kadesh, near Homs (approximately in 1285 BC) ended with a treaty between the Egyptians and the Hittites eliminate sharing of influence over Syria, and the subordination of the Egyptians south of Homs, Homs and north of the Hittites ..Then there was an atmosphere of peace and mutual relations.
Through the initial reading of the text, it was found dating to the reign of King Ramses II (1290 1224 BC), and consists of a section carved at the top showing the way King moving towards the right and left feet of God the famous Amon, and in the bottom section is written consists of several lines, is the name of the King (Beloved of Amun), then the date of the writing pattern (which is not clear), and ends by mentioning some of the phrases that praise and glorify the King, which is commonly used in such patterns.
It is worth mentioning that a similar inscription was discovered several years ago at a memorial in the cladding region dating to the reign of the king himself and the same historical period, is currently before the National Museum in Damascus.
He adds, Ibrahim Amiri Head of the buildings in the Department of Antiquities in Damascus is believed that the source of this memorial is a hillarchaeological, built upon the old part of villageMidaa, which includes mostly togetherarchaeological dating back to the same era, which is one of the hills archaeological deployed in the Prairie on parties to the Syrian desertwhich refers to the dense urbanizationwitnessed during ancient times.
Mention that in addition to archaeological hill is located Midaa it, there are some remains ofarchitectural and archaeological sites in the village emphasizes its prosperity in the later ages of classical and Arabic.
This finding mission into the work ofarchaeological survey carried out by revolvingthe effects of Damascus since 2002 andincluded various areas of the province Kkulmonand Wadi Barada Zabadani and Mount Hermonand the south and the Gota and the desert ..And led to the detection of more than one hundred new archaeological site in the province of Damascus belonging to different eras, the Chamber study and record the important ones.
