Archaeologists find Ramesses II inscription in Sinai pointing to Egypt’s lost city of Mesn

Archaeologists at the Tell Abu Saifi site in Egypt's Ismailia Governorate have uncovered a sandstone lintel inscribed with the titles of Ramesses II and a reference to "Horus, Lord of the City of Mesn." This discovery, announced by the Egyptian Tourism and Antiquities Ministry, provides "highly significant evidence" in identifying the lost Pharaonic city of Mesn. Alongside the lintel, excavators found the remains of a temple, believed to have been destroyed by Romans, including a mudbrick wall, gateways, rooms, and storehouses. The site also yielded two successive stone roads and various artifacts, such as a 26th Dynasty schist statue and fragments of falcon statues. These findings underscore the area's "strategic and cultural role" in protecting Egypt's eastern borders, according to Minister Sherif Fathy.