An Egyptian archaeological mission announced on Tuesday the discovery of “a complete residential city” from the time of the Roman Empire during excavation work on the east bank of the Nile River, in the southern historic city of Luxor, the ministry said in a statement. Egyptian Tourism and Antiquities.
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Several ceramic vessels were found that were used as nests for pigeons
The secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri, explained that this discovery provides information about “the most important and oldest residential city on the eastern shore of the province of Luxor”.
“It is considered an extension of the ancient city of Thebes,” adds Waziri. Thebes was the capital of Ancient Egypt, in times of the Middle and New Empires, corresponding period between the years 2061 BC and 1080 BC; that is to say, more than 4,000 years ago.
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He also explained that, during the excavation near the Luxor temple, the mission found “several residential buildings and two dovecotes from the 2nd and 3rd centuries, in addition to several metal fabrication and casting workshops” with “vessels, water bottles, jars, ceramic lamps, grinding utensils, as well as roman coins copper and bronze.”
He also assured that the mission will continue with the excavation in this archaeological location, given the possibility of “revealing more secrets of this city”.
For his part, the general director of Antiquities of Upper Egypt, Fathi Yasin, said that “inside the dovecotes several ceramic vessels were found that were used as nests for pigeons” and that, according to preliminary studies, “began to be used from Roman times”.
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The mission continued excavations in the Andraos palace area in September 2022, where it found a number of lamps and amphorae. byzantine eraas well as Roman bronze coins and part of a Roman wall, among other archaeological icons dating from different eras.
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