Discovery of Lost ‘Golden’ City in Luxor

Discovery of Lost ‘Golden’ City in Luxor

Discovery of Lost ‘Golden’ City in Luxor
he Egyptian mission headed by Dr. Zahi Hawass discovered the lost city under the sand, which was called the Ascent of Aton, which dates back to the reign of King Amenhotep III, and the city continued to be used by Tutankhamun, i.e. 3360 years ago, and Dr. Zahi Hawass said that work began in this area to search for The funerary temple of King Tutankhamun because the two temples of “Horemheb and Ay have been found before.” Hawass confirmed that the mission found the largest city ever in Egypt, which was founded by one of the greatest rulers of Egypt, King Amenhotep III, the ninth king of the eighteenth dynasty who ruled Egypt from 1391 to 1353 B.C. It was shared by his son and future heir to the throne, Amenhotep Rab Akhenaten, the last eight years of his reign. Some of its walls are about 3 meters high and divided into 11 streets. Hawass continued. We have uncovered a part of the city extending to the west while Deir el-Medina is part of our city.
Excavations began in September 2020, and within weeks, mud brick formations began to appear in all directions, and the mission was astonished when it discovered that the site is a large city in good condition, with almost complete walls, and rooms full of tools of daily life, The archaeological layers have remained intact for thousands of years, and the ancient inhabitants left them as if they were yesterday. Dr. Betsy Bryan, Professor of Egyptology at Johns Hopkins University, said that the discovery of this lost city is the second important archaeological discovery after the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb. The discovery of this city not only gives us a rare glimpse into the life of the ancient Egyptians in the era of the empire, but it will also help us in Shed light on one of the greatest mysteries in history and why Akhenaten and Nefertiti decided to move to Amarna ?! The excavation area is located between the Temple of Ramses III in Medinet Habu and the Temple of Amenhotep III in Memnon
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