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Egypt announced on Thursday the discovery of what it termed the Lost Golden City in the southern province of Luxor, with one U.S.-based egyptologist describing the find as the biggest archaeological discovery since Tutankhamun s tomb nearly a century ago.
A mission led by Egypt s former antiquities chief Zahi Hawass unearthed several areas or neighborhoods of the 3,000-year-old city after seven months of excavation.
The mission s original target was to find a mortuary temple of King Tut, whose tomb was discovered in Luxor s Valley of the Kings in 1922, but they instead excavated parts of an entire city.
BY ABC News Radio | April 8, 2021
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(LUXOR, Egypt) Egypt announced on Thursday the discovery of what it termed the “Lost Golden City” in the southern province of Luxor, with one U.S.-based egyptologist describing the find as the biggest archaeological discovery since Tutankhamun’s tomb nearly a century ago.
A mission led by Egypt’s former antiquities chief Zahi Hawass unearthed “several areas or neighborhoods” of the 3,000-year-old city after seven months of excavation.
The mission’s original target was to find a mortuary temple of King Tut, whose tomb was discovered in Luxor’s Valley of the Kings in 1922, but they instead excavated parts of an entire city.
3,000-year-old ‘lost city’ found in Egypt’s Luxor The city, known as the ‘The Rise of Aten,’ dates to the reign of Amenhotep III which began in about 1,390 BC 09 April 2021 - 12:32 Mirette Magdy A new archaeological discovery is seen in Luxor, Egypt, in this undated handout photo. Picture: HANDOUT via REUTERS/ZAHI HAWASS CENTER FOR EGYPTOLOGY AND HIGH COUNCIL OF ANTIQUITIES
Tripoli Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 3,000-year-old “lost city” buried under the sands in Luxor, home to the Nile Valley’s famed Valley of the Kings, the latest pharaonic-era wonder to be unearthed as the country seeks to revive its tourism industry.
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âThe discovery of this lost city is the second most important archaeological discovery since the tomb of Tutankhamun,â Betsy Bryan, professor of Egyptian art and archeology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, said in the statement.
It offers âa rare glimpse into the life of the Ancient Egyptians at the time where the empire was at its wealthiest,â she said.