The find was made in Qantara, 4 kilometers east of the Suez Canal. These temples mark the latest discovery by archaeologists digging up the remains of the city on the military road known as "Way of Horus.". Among the discoveries was the largest mud brick temple found in the Sinai with an area of 70 by 80 meters and fortified with mud walls 3 meters thick. The temple contains four hallways, three stone purification bowls and colorful inscriptions commemorating Ramses I and II.

Mohamed Abdel-Maqsoud, head of the central administration for Lower Egypt antiquities, promises that by 2010 a proposal will be presented to the World Heritage Organisation for the Serabit Al-Khadim archaeological site to be included on the World Heritage List. The whole site is being subjected to restoration and documentation in order to make it more accessible to visitors and more tourist-friendly.

More presses are likely to be found in the area, which was probably an ancient wine-industry hub, according to Tarek El-Naggar, director for southern Sinai at Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities. Weeks after discovering the first wine press, excavators unearthed a nearly identical press with limestone walls, about 340 feet (100 meters) away

Culture Minister Farouk Hosney announced 1/6/2008 the discovery of the remains of rocky wine press from the Byzantine era during the digging works of the antiquity delegation affiliated to the Supreme Council for Antiquities in Sail al-Toffaha in the south of Sinai.

Archaeologists have uncovered more remnants from Tharu, the largest known fortified city in ancient Egypt, which sits near the modern-day border town of Rafah. The fort's remains were found as part of a project that began in 1986 to explore the "Horus Way," an ancient military road that connected 11 fortresses linking Egypt and Palestine.

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered the ancient headquarters of the Pharaonic army guarding the northeastern borders of Egypt for more than 1,500 years. The fortress and adjoining town, which they identify with the ancient place name Tharu, lies in the Sinai peninsula about 3 km northeast of the modern town of Qantara.The inscriptions mention three Pharaohs -- Tuthmosis II, who built one of the military installations along the route, Seti I and Ramses II.

Archaeologists have discovered two gold coins in the Sinai peninsula dating to the era of Eastern Roman Emperor Valens that are the first of their kind to be found in Egypt, its antiquities council said on Sunday.