In Egypt, archaeologists have made a discovery as important as the finding of Tutankhamen's tomb

[Judi Lynn]

The discovery of a 3,400-year-old industrial metropolis will offer vital clues about domestic and urban life in Ancient Egypt.
Anna M Kotarba-Morley, The Conversation
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Built by Amenhotep III and then used by his grandson Tutankhamen, the ruins of the city were an accidental discovery. | Khaled Desouki / AFP

An almost 3,400-year-old industrial, royal metropolis, “the Dazzling Aten”, has been found on the west bank of the Nile near the modern-day city of Luxor.


Announced this month by the famed Egyptian archaeologist Dr Zahi Hawass, the find has been compared in importance to the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb almost a century earlier.

Built by Amenhotep III and then used by his grandson Tutankhamen, the ruins of the city were an accidental discovery. In September last year, Hawass and his team were searching for a mortuary temple of Tutankhamen.

Instead, hidden under the sands for almost three-and-a-half millennia, they found the Dazzling Aten, believed to be the largest city discovered in Egypt and, importantly, dated to the height of Egyptian civilisation. So far, Hawass’ excavations have unearthed rooms filled with tools and objects of daily life such as pottery and jewellery, a large bakery, kitchens and a cemetery.

The city also includes workshops and industrial, administrative and residential areas, as well as, to date, three palaces.

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