AMMAN, June 27 .- A group of Syrian archaeologists have found near Damascus a piece of basalt with hieroglyphic inscriptions and dating back to 1300 BC, local media reported Wednesday. Specifically, experts have found a stone 70 inches long, 40 wide and 50 thick in the town of Meida, 25 kilometers east of Damascus, which would have been used by the ancient pharaohs of Egypt. According to the official Governing Council of Antiquities of Syria, Mahmoud Hamoud, the piece was used to build one of the pillars of the old mosque of the village. He explained that such stones were commonly used in the time of the pharaohs to recall some events " He added that the piece dates from the time of Ramses II, "the most famous of the kings of the Nineteenth Dynasty, which lasted from the years 1580 and 1090 BC On the hieroglyphs, Hamud said that after an initial reading, have concluded that the text contains some of the papers of the reign of Ramses II (1290-1244 BC). At the top of the stone, according to this expert, you can see the leg of the Egyptian leader on the god Amun, while at the bottom of the piece displayed praises to Ramses II himself. Meanwhile, Omairi Ibrahim, head of Council Building Department, said that the town of Meida saved several archaeological and architectural remains, indicating that this area has been inhabited long. The borders of the Pharaonic empire included parts of present-day Syria between 1539 and 1075 BC