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Title: 'Lost golden city' found in Egypt reveals lives of ancient pharaohs
Post by: Imperial Dave on April 09, 2021, 10:46:59 AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-56686448

hiding in plain sight......
Title: Re: 'Lost golden city' found in Egypt reveals lives of ancient pharaohs
Post by: Erpingham on April 09, 2021, 10:57:51 AM
Nice to see Zahi Hawass on his usual understated form :)  Where Zahi goes, National Geographic tends to follow, so we should get a documentary on this at some point.

Title: Re: 'Lost golden city' found in Egypt reveals lives of ancient pharaohs
Post by: Imperial Dave on April 09, 2021, 11:17:33 AM
indubitably so
Title: Re: 'Lost golden city' found in Egypt reveals lives of ancient pharaohs
Post by: Jon Freitag on April 09, 2021, 11:01:15 PM
Excellent Dave!  Does the article specify the location of the site besides "near Luxor"?
Title: Re: 'Lost golden city' found in Egypt reveals lives of ancient pharaohs
Post by: Imperial Dave on April 10, 2021, 07:51:15 AM
here's a more detailed account Jon

https://earthsky.org/human-world/lost-golden-city-of-aten-luxor-egypt#:~:text=The%20long%2Dsought%20%E2%80%9Clost%20golden,treasures%2C%E2%80%9D%20the%20scientists%20said.&text=The%20newly%20discovered%20'lost%20golden,Zahi%20Hawass%20Center%20For%20Egyptology.
Title: Re: 'Lost golden city' found in Egypt reveals lives of ancient pharaohs
Post by: Jon Freitag on April 10, 2021, 07:07:04 PM
Thanks for this additional link, Dave!  Based upon the photos in your linked article, this dig is not explicitly in the Valley of the Kings but near Medinet Habu and other mortuary temples at the edge of development and agriculture.