{"id":117972,"date":"2021-04-09T15:32:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T07:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=117972"},"modified":"2021-04-09T15:32:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T07:32:12","slug":"3000-year-old-city-lost-in-sands-discovered-in-egypts-luxor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=117972","title":{"rendered":"3,000-year-old city lost in sands discovered in Egypt\u2019s Luxor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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CAIRO, April 9 (NNN-TASS) — A city that has been lost in sands and was founded more than 3,400 years ago has been unearthed in Luxor, south Egypt, Zahi Hawass, head of the Egyptian archeological mission that is responsible for the discovery, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the famous Egyptologist who used to head the Ministry of Antiquities, the city was built approximately around the time of Amenhotep III of the Eighteenth Dynasty (around 1388-1351 B.C.) and was thriving for decades after until the reign of King Tutankhamun (around 1332-1323 B.C.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe city was called Ascension of Aton and served as a major administrative and industrial settlement of the Egyptian empire on the Nile\u2019s west bank in Luxor,\u201d Hawass noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven back then, the city was divided by streets, while buildings were reaching three meters in height.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The head of the mission noted that excavations started in September 2020 and were meant to discover Tutankhamun\u2019s mortuary temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBuildings made out of mudbricks began to emerge out of sand in a few weeks\u2019 time already, and we were astonished when we realized what a huge city we are witnessing before us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is well preserved, building houses are almost fully intact, while many rooms are filled with houseware, as if residents just walked away, leaving everything where it was.\u201d According to him, archeological layers have not been touched for thousands of years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archeologists managed to determine that there were three palaces of Amenhotep III in the city as well as the empire\u2019s administrative and industrial center. Colored ceramics, clay bricks with the king\u2019s seal, jewelry, amulets shaped like scarabs and other artifacts will help scientists to understand the history and way of life of this city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe continuing dig gives archeologists access to the original functioning of the city, studying it will become valuable material for deeper understanding of ordinary life of ancient Egyptians,\u201d the experts concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs of now, only a third of the city has been excavated, main work is still ahead, including the territory where Tutankhamun\u2019s mortuary temple could possibly be located,\u201d they said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile in SHIJIAZHUANG, CHINA, archaeologists have found a stone tablet created in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) in north China\u2019s Hebei Province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The tablet, discovered at a temple in Nanhe District in the city of Xingtai, is believed to have a history of 250 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cultural relic is well preserved bearing 394 Chinese characters on both sides, which recorded the multiple renovations of the temple since its establishment in the Tang Dynasty (618-907).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discovery will provide valuable historic material for research about the politics, military and changes of administrative locations in the middle and southern region of Hebei during the two dynasties, said Lan Jianhui, a local expert. — NNN-AGENCIES
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