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Archaeologists have discovered 18,000 fragments of 2,000-year-old pottery in Egypt, including evidence of punishments for naughty students.
As CNNi reports, among the fragments hundreds of tablets were found with the same symbol written several times on both the front and back, which archaeologists believe proves that students were forced to write these lines as punishment.
Researchers from the German University of Tübingen, who are carrying out the excavation, spoke about the discoveries, which were made at the site of Atlibis in Lower Egypt, an ancient settlement about 200 kilometres north of Luxor.
In addition to Egyptian hieroglyphics, there were also writings in Greek and Arabic in the fragments.
Experts estimate that it is considered too rare to find such a large volume of fragments in one excavation. A similar quantity has only been discovered once before, near the Valley of the Kings in Luxor.
This particular archaeological investigation focuses on a temple built by Pharaoh Ptolemy XII and subsequently decorated by Roman emperors.
Since then, the temple has been opened to visitors, and the wider archaeological site includes ruins of the ancient city and quarries.
Source: CNN Greece
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