Editing Buto (section)

=== Archeological findings ===
A palace building dating to the Second Dynasty is considered one of the most important discoveries within Buto.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dainst.org/projekt/-/project-display/63537|title=Projekt - Dainst|website=www.dainst.org}}</ref> Archaeological excavations were undertaken at Buto by the [[Egypt Exploration Society]] from 1964–1969, under the direction of [[Veronica Seton-Williams]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Road to El-Aguzein|last=Seton-Williams|first=M.V.|year=1988}}</ref> and later, by [[Dorothy Charlesworth]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/excavations/1969-tell-el-fara|title=1969 Tell el-Fara'in {{!}} Artefacts of Excavation|website=egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref> The German Archaeological Institute, Cairo has been excavating at Buto since the early 1980s. Six Greek bathhouses also were excavated by different missions in Buto.<ref>Hossam Mohamd Ghonim (2020): Bathing like a Greek, in: Egyptian Archaeology, 56, Spring 2020, pp. 16-20</ref>

In 2022, excavations over an area of 6.5m x 4.5m uncovered the remains of an ancient hall lined with pillars within the larger temple structure. The hall contained the remains of three surviving columns, aligned on a north-south axis at the southwestern end of the temple. A number of stone fragments decorated with engravings where found, as well as numerous ceramics and pottery associated with ritual activity.<ref name=None/> In a press release issued by the [[Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (Egypt)|Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities]], archaeologists also found a limestone painting with the representation of a bird’s head wearing a white crown surrounded by feathers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mota.gov.eg/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%81-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88-%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A9-%D9%83%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE/|date=November 16, 2022|title=Unearthing the remains of the Column Hall of the Temple of Bot in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate|work=Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities}}</ref>