Egyptian City LOST In Time Is FOUND... New Discovery Leaves Archaeologists MYSTIFIED

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Are you fascinated by human civilizations' mystical beginnings? Thousands of years ago, how did people live? What impact do these events have on us today? If you answered yes, then this video is for you because we'll be discussing the amazing archaeology finding of the 'Lost Golden City,' which was discovered in Egypt that reveals the lives of ancient pharaohs, so let's get started.

A funerary temple for King Tut should've been built nearby, where priests and relatives may leave gifts and homage for him to enjoy in the afterlife. Unfortunately, it was never discovered. However, in September, archaeologist and former Egyptian antiquities minister Zahi Hawass set out to find it. A team has discovered the country's largest known ancient metropolis, So'oud Atun, or the "Rise of Aten," in what specialists are hailing as one of the most significant Egyptian archaeological discoveries of the previous century.

A disputed ancient Egyptian ruler renounced his name, religion, and capital in Thebes three thousand four hundred years ago (modern Luxor). On Thursday, Zahi Hawass, a well-known—and divisive—Egyptian academic, reported the discovery of the "hidden golden city" near Luxor, the ancient city of Thebes.
According to the BBC, Hawass' team discovered mud bricks stamped with Pharaoh Amenhotep III's name just weeks after starting their dig. Since Amenhotep III governed between 13 91 and 13 53 BC, they were able to estimate that the city was established 3,400 years ago.

The team began dating the Lost City as soon as they comprehended they had discovered it. They did this by looking for old artifacts with the Amenhotep III cartouche seal, which is an oval filled with his royal name in hieroglyphics. The cartouche was discovered on wine containers, rings, scarabs, colorful pottery, and mud bricks, confirming that the city was functioning during the reign of Amenhotep III, the ninth pharaoh of the 18th dynasty.

Why is the find significant?
Many of the artifacts in the structures relate to the creative and industrial production that sustained the pharaoh's capital city. Archaeologists are believed to have discovered city walls and even chambers packed with everyday objects while excavating the city. According to the Associated Press, they discovered clay tops for wine jars, rings, scarabs, colored pottery, and spinning and weaving implements.

The year 37 was engraved on a vessel containing two liters of boiling meat, indicating Amenhotep III and Akhenaten's father-son reign. The royal seal of Amenhotep III can be found on scarabs, bricks, dishes, and more.

According to a Reuters source, the site has a vast number of furnaces and kilns used to make glass and faience, as well as the shattered remains of thousands of statues. A bakery, ovens and storage earthenware were discovered in the southern portion of the city, according to Egypt's antiquities ministry, while administrative and residential districts were discovered in the northern part, which has yet to be fully excavated.


"The archaeological layers have lain unaltered for thousands of years, abandoned by the ancient people as if it were yesterday," according to a press announcement about the find. Several sectors or neighborhoods, including a bakery, an administrative district, and a residential area, have been unearthed months after the excavation began. Archaeologists discovered an administrative and residential zone with larger, neatly-arranged units in another, still partially buried region of the dig.

The region was walled off by a zigzag fence, an architectural style popular near the end of the 18th Dynasty, with only one entrance point leading to the residential portions and internal passageways. According to the statement, the single entryway served as a security mechanism, giving ancient Egyptians command over who entered and exited the region.

The archaeologists discovered instruments associated with industrial activities, such as spinning and weaving, all across the city. They also discovered metal and glass-making waste, but the workshop that produced these materials has yet to be discovered.


What is the Mystery?
The capital was shifted to Amarna one year after the pot was created, according to historical archives. This was ordered by Akhenaten, who was infamous for requiring his people to worship only one god, the sun god Aten. However, Egyptologists remain perplexed as to why he relocated the capital and whether the Golden City was genuinely abandoned at the time. According to the statement, it's also unknown whether the city was repopulated when King Tut returned to Thebes and reestablished it as a religious center.