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Thurday April 8th the Ministry of tourism and antiquities of Egypt announced a new discovery of the Egyptian mission under the supervision of Egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass.
This new discovery is a city in Luxor, now called “The Rise of Aten” which had been under layers of sand for 3000 years, dating back to the reign of Amenhotep the 3rd.
Amenhotep the 3rd was the father of Amenhotep the 4th who’s more known as Akhenaten, the Father of King Tutankhamun.
The city was founded by one of the greatest rulers of Egypt in the New Kingdom, Amenhotep the 3rd, he was the 9th king during the 18th dynasty, he ruled Egypt from 1391 BCE until 1353 BCE.
This city continued to be in use during the Reign of Amenhotep the 3rd, Akhenaten, Tutankhamun and even during the reign of King Ay.
Within weeks of the excavations the team discovered formations of mudbrick walls that appeared in all directions.
Eventually they unearthed the site of a large city in a very good state of preservation, with almost complete walls and with rooms filled with every day life objects.
The city has laid untouched for thousands of years, left by the ancient residents as if it were yesterday.
The first goal of the mission after uncovering the city was to date this settlement, Hieroglyphic inscriptions found on clay caps of wine vessels helped them tremendously.
These caps consisted of the seals of three royal palaces of King Amenhotep the 3rd, as well as the empire’s administrative and industrial centre.
The Archaeologists made a large number of finds such as rings, scarabs, colored pottery vessels and mud bricks bearing the seals of King Amenthotep the 3rd, confirming the dating of the city.
After only 7 months of excavations several neighbourhoods have been uncovered.
In the southern part they have discovered a bakery, a cooking and food preparation area complete with ovens and storage pottery.
The kitchen was catering a very large number of workers and employees as can be stated from its size.
The second area which is still partially below sands is the administrative and residential district, with larger and well arranged units.
This area has a zigzag wall as can be seen in the photo here, with only one access point leading to internal corridors and residential areas.
The single entrance makes the archaeologists believe it was some sort of security, with the ability to control the entry and exit to the enclosed areas.
Zigzag walls are one of the most rare architectural elements in ancient Egyptian architecture, it was mainly used near the end of the 18th Dynasty.
The third uncovered area, or neighbourhood, is the workshop.
On one side is the production area for the mudbricks used to build temples and annexes, these bricks bear the seals of the cartouche of King Amenhotep the 3rd (Neb Maat Ra).
Zahi Hawass said: “the city’s streets are flanked by houses, of which some walls are up to 3 meters in height. We can reveal that the city extends to the west, all the way to the famous Deir el-Medina.”
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