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.
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Egypt on Saturday offered the first close-up look at a recently discovered city rich in artefacts that could reveal more about its pharaohs.
Zahi Hawass, Egyptologist and former antiquities minister, led the tour through the mudbrick ruins of the site in Luxor’s West Bank, whose discovery was announced on Thursday.
“The city is in the midst of three palaces to Aten, the ancient Egyptian deity, and I believe that workers in the city were supplying the palaces with valuable offerings to Aten, as well as daily items such as pots, jewellery and even food,” Mr Hawass said. Workers carrying pots found at the site of a 3,000 year old city near Luxor, Egypt, dating to the reign of Amenhotep III. AFP
Egypt’s “Lost Golden City” Discovered in Luxor
CAIRO, EGYPT
Ahram Online reports that mudbrick walls unearthed on Luxor’s West Bank have been identified by a team led by Egyptologist Zahi Hawass as the remains of a 3,400-year-old city built by Amenhotep III (r. ca. 1390–1352 B.C.). Historical references to the city suggest it was home to three of the pharaoh’s palaces and served as his administrative and industrial center. Rings, scarabs, colorful pottery, and tools for spinning and weaving were found within the well-preserved buildings lining the ancient streets, where some of the walls stand more than nine feet tall, Hawass said. The excavation also revealed a large bakery and food preparation area thought to have fed a large number of workers, an industrial area with ovens for making glass and faience, a production area for mudbricks bearing Amenhotep’s cartouche, and molds for making amulets and delicate decorations for temples and tombs. The administrativ
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