{"id":1021,"date":"2021-04-09T17:57:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T17:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news25.org\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2021-04-09T17:57:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T17:57:09","slug":"lost-golden-city-found-in-egypt-reveals-lives-of-ancient-pharaohs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.news25.org\/lost-golden-city-found-in-egypt-reveals-lives-of-ancient-pharaohs\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Lost golden city’ found in Egypt reveals lives of ancient pharaohs"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n
\"A
IMAGE COPYRIGHT REUTERS \/ AFP\/ The ancient city was found near some of Egypt’s best-known monuments<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>
<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

The discovery of a 3,000-year-old city that was lost to the sands of Egypt has been hailed as one of the most important archaeological finds since Tutankhamun’s tomb.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n

Famed Egyptologist Zahi Hawass announced the discovery of the “lost golden city” near Luxor on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

He said the find was the largest ancient city, known as Aten, ever uncovered in Egypt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

It was unearthed within weeks of the excavation starting in September 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

The city dates to the reign of Amenhotep III, one of Egypt’s most powerful pharaohs, who ruled from 1391 to 1353 BC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

The city continued to be used by pharaohs Ay and Tutankhamun, whose nearly intact tomb was discovered in the Valley of the Kings by British archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n