LUXOR: Archaeologists showed their discoveries on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) in what they say is the “largest” ancient city ever discovered in Egypt, dating back to the golden age of the pharaohs 3,000 years ago.
Near Luxor, the home of the mythical Valley of the Kings, staff thoroughly transported old pots and showed human remains and fallen animals from the ground as members of the media walked around curved brick walls and rudimentary streets.
A photo taken on April 10, 2021 shows staff in a gold armored fish revealed at the archaeological site of a 3,000-year-old city, called The Rise of Aten, dating back to the reign of Amenhotep 3, discovered through the Egyptian Mission nearby. to Luxor. PHOTO AFP
“It’s a wonderful city that’s been lost. He looks like the god Aton and Amenhotep third,” the famous Egyptologist Zahi Has told the press.
“We discovered 3 primary districts: one for management, one for industry and one for industry,” he said.
The spaces have workshops to dry meat, make garments and sandals, and make amulets and small statues.
Mostafa Waziri, head of the country’s Supreme Antiquities Council, said the site is not limited to buildings.
“We can see . . . activity, workshops and ovens,” he said.
The archaeological team said the discovery is “the largest ancient city” ever discovered in Egypt.
“We discovered part of the city,” Hawass said. The city extends west and north. “
Amenhotep 3 inherited an empire stretching from the Uphrates to Iraq and Syria in Sudan and died around 1354 a. C. , ancient historians say.
He reigned for approximately 4 decades, a reign known for his opulence and the grandeur of his monuments, adding the colossus of Memnon, two large stone statues near Luxor that make up him and his wife.
Betsy Bryan, professor of Egyptian art and archaeology at Johns Hopkins University, said this week that the discovery was “the most important vital archaeological discovery since Tutankhamin’s tomb” nearly a century ago.
“The archaeological layers remained intact for thousands of years, left through the ancient citizens as if it were yesterday,” the team said.
Archaeologists have unearthed jewelry, colorful ceramic containers, beetle amulets and dust bricks with Amenhotep 3rd seals.
Hawass said a “big fish covered in gold” would possibly have been revered.
José Galán, head of a separate Spanish archaeological project near the Valley of the Kings, said the site was “a discovery”.
“We are accustomed to discoveries similar to temples and tombs, so we know the devoted life and funeral habits. But we don’t know much about the colonies,” he said.
The team said it is positive that other vital discoveries are revealed, and noted the discovery of tomb equipment reached through “stairs dug into the rock,” a structure similar to those discovered in the Valley of the Kings.
Last week, the mummified remains of 18 former kings and 4 queens were transported to Cairo from the Egyptian Museum in the iconic Tahrir Square to the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, in a procession called the “Golden Parade of Pharaohs” that was seen by millions of people. .
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