Archaeologists working in the southern Sinai Peninsula have unrecorded a 2,200-year-old temple dedicated to the goddess Anukis, often symbolized by the sacred gazelle. The Ptolemaic-era sanctuary features a unique hemispeos design—partially cut into a limestone cliff and partially built as a freestanding stone structure—overlooking an ancient spring.
The sanctum contains a life-sized basalt statue of the goddess, characterized by her distinct feathered headdress and flanked by two smaller gazelle figures. This find is particularly significant as it marks the northernmost extent of Anukis worship discovered to date, indicating her importance among the desert trade caravans and miners of the Hellenistic period.