Structures found in the Egyptian town of Fayyoum are likely to tell the secrets of how a Middle Kingdom temple was built, local media reported on Saturday.

The site, found by an Egyptian archeological team in southwestern Fayyoum, some 85 km south of Cairo, consisted of administrative buildings, granaries and residence believed to have belonged to priests of the Medinat Madi temple, according to the reports.

"This finding is an important discovery as it unveiled remnants of the architectural elements in building the Medinet Madi temple, " said Zahi Hawwas, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA).

Medinet Madi temple, which was completed under the 12th dynasty under the reign of Pharaoh Amenemhat IV (1808-1799 BC), was the only intact temple from the Middle Kingdom, according to Hawwas.

"The temple was dedicated to goddess of harvest Renenutet and the crocodile-god Sobk and falcon-deity Horus," he said.

Items found at the site included seals used by the priests of Renenutet, two statues and papyri with Greek, said Abdul Rahman al- Aidi, a senior SCA official and head of the excavation team.

Source: Xinhua