Egypt's 'Lost Golden City' of King Amenhotep III is no longer lost
"Because the area is one close to some major standing monuments, and since this is desert and relatively flat, the wind builds up surface sand very quickly, and mud brick walls disappear easily," Egyptologist Betsy Bryan, who was not directly involved in the research, told SYFY WIRE. "Since Malkata palace had been located in the late 19th century, and the temple of Amenhotep son of Hapu was found in the 1930s to the north of the new site, little had been thought to be lacking." Ruins of the Golden City of Amenhotep III. Credit: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images Hawass and his team started exc...
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