Last week, an Egyptian archaeological team working on Luxor’s West Bank announced the discovery of an ancient settlement, referred to as the Rise of Aten. This ‘lost golden city’ has captured the world’s attention thanks to its well-preserved mud-brick buildings and winding walls, and the team’s intriguing finds – from vessels bearing ink inscriptions to items of jewellery, such as rings and scarabs, and tools for spinning and weaving. Archaeologists have identified an area that was used for administration and housing; another for food production (apparently for feeding the city’s workers); and one for workshops. Here, people made mud bricks and produced amulets and decorations from moulds. Objects of glass and metal were also made somewhere at the site.