By Le Figaro with AFP
Posted 2 hours ago, updated 39 minutes ago
“An entire royal city” from the 2nd and 3rd centuries was discovered “on the east bank of the Nile, near the Temple of Luxor” in Egypt. EGYPTIAN MINISTRY OF ANTIQUES / AFP
According to the Ministry of Antiquities, it is “a whole 2nd- and 3rd-century royal city” discovered “on the east bank of the Nile, near the Temple of Luxor,” some 500 km south of Cairo.
The remains of “an entire Roman city” were discovered at Luxor. According to the Ministry of Antiquities, it is “a whole 2nd- and 3rd-century royal city” discovered “on the east bank of the Nile, near the Temple of Luxor,” some 500 km south of Cairo. In this “extension of ancient Thebes” “metallurgical workshops” with numerous tools and “Roman coins made of copper and bronze” have already been excavated, explains Mostafa Waziri, Patron of Antiquities, specifying that “the excavations are continuing.
As early as 2021, an Egyptian archeological mission discovered on the west bank of Luxor, where the famous Valleys of the Kings and Queens are located, the “largest ancient city in Egypt”, which is more than 3000 years old. In recent months, Egypt has made several significant discoveries, mainly at the necropolis of Saqqara, south of Cairo, but also, in January at Luxor, that of a tomb of a royal woman of the 18th dating back 3,500 years. For some experts, these announcement effects have more political and economic significance than scientific ones.
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