1st-century Buddha statue from ancient Egypt indicates Buddhists lived there in Roman times

A 1,900-year-old statue of the Buddha — found on the historical Egyptian port metropolis of Berenike, on the coast of the Pink Sea — doubtless belonged to a transplant from South Asia, in response to archaeologists. 

The Buddha statue depicts Siddhartha Gautama, who lived in South Asia round 2,550 years in the past. Born a prince, he would later resign his worldly wealth and hunt down enlightenment, finally changing into the Buddha, a Sanskrit-derived phrase meaning “the enlightened one,” in response to Buddhist custom. The faith he based step by step unfold world wide.