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https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/roman-city-luxor-egypt-scli-intl/index.html

Complete Roman City Uncovered in Luxor, Egypt

"Archaeologists working in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor have uncovered a complete 1,800-year-old Roman city.

Mostafa Waziri, Secretary-General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the city dated back to the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, and described it as "the oldest and most important city found on the eastern bank of Luxor."

"A complete residential village was discovered, with two pigeon towers found for the first time," Waziri announced Tuesday, in a video posted on Twitter.

These towers served as nests to in which to raise carrier pigeons, Waziri explained. The birds would then be used to transport messages to other parts of the Roman Empire.

The excavations, which began in September, also uncovered a hoard of tools, pots and bronze and copper Roman coins.

The uncovered city was found in Luxor, a modern-day city that sits on the banks of the Nile and is the site of Thebes, the famous ancient Egyptian city.

Luxor is home to the world-famous Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.

Waziri praised the discovery as a rare find in an already "excellent" season. Luxor has long been a site rich with archaeological finds, and the latest discovery of this ancient city follows the uncovering of a number of tombs in January alone.

The latest flood of discoveries comes ahead of the long-awaited opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo later this year. The museum will display many of the country's ancient riches, in what the Egyptian Ministry for Tourism and Antiquities hopes will be a boost to the sector following the Covid-19 pandemic."

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Crazy how much history we haven't discovered yet.

that's pretty dope, tbh.

Letron_James posted...

Crazy how much history we haven't discovered yet.

Yeah, tip of the iceberg.

Doesn't look very complete. Where's the waffle house

This stuff is so freaking amazing.

Ancient Egypt is my favorite

Smackems posted...

Doesn't look very complete. Where's the waffle house

Obviously didn't survive the brawl that took place before it was abandoned.

Stupid question time...

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-city-found-luxor-egypt-1234655068/

Spot the people in the background for comparison. Not trying to take away from this, but what's supposed to qualify as a city instead of village in that era? They say there's buildings, and I get high-rises obviously aren't going to be a thing, but then what is it supposed to be? Its interesting that the borders of that city could still be dwarfed by single modern day building like a Target.

https://twitter.com/mostafa_waziri/status/1617896698231283712

I'm always fascinated by the circumstances that would lead a city like this to fall into ruin like that. Who used to live there? Why did they leave?

Smackems posted...

Doesn't look very complete. Where's the waffle house

Haha. I bet there's no atm either! City probably died from a run on the bank!

Alucard188 posted...

Obviously didn't survive the brawl that took place before it was abandoned.

Well if you don't have chair girl then it's all over before it ever really began lol.

This is 100% fake. Look at the fences in the background. Those are definitely a modern invention.

jk

ArchNemo posted...

This is 100% fake. Look at the fences in the background. Those are definitely a modern invention.

jk

Hahaha

Was the Roman era just bad at demolition, or was it just accepted practice to build new stuff right on top of the old?

Questionmarktarius posted...

Was the Roman era just bad at demolition, or was it just accepted practice to build new stuff right on top of the old?

No I think it's more that, you know the saying "Rome wasn't built in a day?" Well, neither was it destroyed in a day. Many city states held on for long time. It crumbled and deteriorated rathed than was annihilanted

Questionmarktarius posted...

Was the Roman era just bad at demolition, or was it just accepted practice to build new stuff right on top of the old?

This is just a guess, but I'm assuming these cities were already lost for centuries (due to war, natural disaster, etc) before new cities were built on top of them.

Cocytus posted...

No I think it's more that, you know the saying "Rome wasn't built in a day?" Well, neither was it destroyed in a day. Many city states held on for long time. It crumbled and deteriorated rathed than was annihilanted

Egypt was constantly being conquered, who came after the Romans, was it the turks?

Noumas posted...

Egypt was constantly being conquered, who came after the Romans, was it the turks?

The Roman empire was vast. So, it kind of depended on where you lived.

Noumas posted...

Egypt was constantly being conquered, who came after the Romans, was it the turks?

But yeah, Persia were an perpetual enemy too.

Persia was in Egypt too? Interesting. Seems like all the old world powers were there

DrewAllar posted...

Can someone explain to me how they found a city?

Was it buried underground or something?

Well it wasn't at the top of the hill I imagine with McDonalds sitting out there.

I would be more impressed if they found it under the Luxor in Vegas.

Flauros posted...

I would be more impressed if they found it under the Luxor in Vegas.

Hehe, yeah an ancient Egyptian city found under the Luxor in Las Vegas would be rather impresive lol

DrewAllar posted...

Can someone explain to me how they found a city?

Was it buried underground or something?

Thats what happens to cities, yes.

I wonder how many cities still haven't been found

Zikten posted...

I wonder how many cities still haven't been found

Might be sitting on one and not even know it.

probably more hospitable today than the vegas property of the same name

TaylorHeinicke posted...

probably more hospitable today than the vegas property of the same name

Lol why?