Ptolomeu, faraó dEgipte. La descoberta del seu temple'

From 305 BC to 30 BC, the throne of the Two Lands of faraonic Egypt was occupied by a dynasty of foreign origin. Ptolemy I, the most successful of Alexander the Great's heirs, took charge of laying the foundations that would become solid bases to guarantee the good development of all areas of society, mainly the economic, military and cultural. Egypt, under the Ptolemies, lived three centuries of prosperity, as demonstrated by the splendour of Alexandria, the intensive exploitation of the Nile valley, or the construction of temples dedicated to the gods, both those of faraonic tradition and those of the Greek pantheon.One of these temples, dedicated to the god Horus and erected in the town of Hut-nesut (today's Sharuna) by the pharaoh Ptolemy I, is one of the protagonists of the exhibition. The recent discovery of an important part of its remains has led the Egyptian Museum of Barcelona, together with the University of Tübingen and the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt, to create a research project whose aim is the enhancement of this important place of worship.