Thebes, the chapel of Mentuhotep
(III) Sankhkare
(background information)
January 1904 - G. Schweinfurth visited the site; he found
six hieroglyphic inscriptions; fragments of a baboon statue led Maspero
to identify the building as belonging to the god Thoth.
1909 - Petrie excavated the temple and identified it as
Sed festival chapel
1995-1998 - Hungarian expedition
Bibliography:
H鰈scher
1939: 5, fig. 2B (temple is briefly described; 'the earliest
known pylon')
Petrie
1909: 4-5, pl. IV-VIII (Petrie excavation report)