In Egypt sphinxes discovered road

Working in Luxor, Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a 600-meter road leading from the famous Avenue of Sphinxes to the Nile. It was built by Pharaoh Nectanebo I (380-362 BC), founder of the XXX Dynasty. Along a road lined on both sides of sphinxes, 12 of which have been excavated. The fact that, in addition to the Mall, there was also a road to the Nile, had previously been known from written sources. The road is paved with sandstone mined in the quarries to the north of Aswan, about 150 kilometers upstream of the Nile. It is believed that there were religious processions. In addition to the roads of sphinxes, are found during excavation of Roman buildings, in particular, an oil press and pottery, RIA Novosti news agency. Avenue of sphinxes connecting Luxor and Karnak temples, which are from the XVI century BC, were the main temple complex in ancient Egypt. Luxor and Karnak, located on the site of Thebes - an ancient Egyptian capital. Only about a third of the monuments of ancient Egypt discovered by archaeologists to date - this has previously said the head of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, commenting on another sensational discovery of archeologists.