New ancient discoveries are exciting. They happen more frequently in Egypt compared to most other countries in the world, mainly because so much of it is covered with sand, which for me is great because I love the history and legacy of Dynastic Egypt. My channel is built on the foundations of Ancient Egypt.

Sometimes though, new discoveries seem too good to be true and in this video, I’ll give you the details on the seemingly new find of a Lost Golden City at Luxor in Egypt, that the mainstream media outlets have left out. This is the true story exposed.

For a start, nobody seems to know why this lost city is golden. In truth there is nothing golden about it. It's a clickbait buzzword. It’s marketing. It’s the same buzzword that probably made some of you click on my news story about it the other day, which you can watch here: [ Ссылка ]

Furthermore, the site in question has been known about since the early 1930s. In 1936, Clement Robichon and Alexandre Varille released a paper in French titled: The Temple of the Royal Scribe Amenhotep, son of Hapu, which includes some very interesting words, diagrams and images directly related to the new discovery announced last week.

These French explorers didn't excavate the specific patch of ground excavated in 2020/21, but they did excavate part of the same site, which as their descriptions and finds show, is clearly the same site.

This isn't a lost golden city. It also has no obvious association with King Tutankhamen as the media are implying. The boy king never lived here and in truth it isn't the greatest discovery since King Tut. It's a standard workers village, not a city, as well as their workshops from the reign of Amenhotep III, situated behind his mortuary temple, probably abandoned after the king died.

It is a fantastic archaeological discovery. It is something that will tell us about the lives of real people during the reign of Amenhotep III, but I do feel it's been overhyped with buzzwords and unnecessary connections to King Tutankhamen, just to get column inches in the international press.

Watch this video to learn more and I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments below.

All images are taken from Google Images, as well as the 1936 paper by Clement Robichon and Alexandre Varille titled: The Temple of the Royal Scribe Amenhotep, son of Hapu.

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