Description
Added on the 10/04/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Luxor (Egypt), Apr 9 (EFE), (Camera: Khaled Elfiqi).- Egypt announced the discovery of a 3,000 year-old city in present-day Luxor, which was lost and remains in a good state of preservation. The 'Lost City' has been described as the "largest administrative and industrial settlement in the era of the Egyptian empire on the western bank of Luxor," the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a statement released on Thursday, calling the discovery "the largest city ever found in Egypt". FOOTAGE OF THE 'LOST CITY' DISCOVERED IN LUXOR. SOUNDBITES OF ARCHAEOLOGIST ZAHI HAWASS, IN CHARGE OF THE MISSION RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
Luxor (Egypt), Apr 10 (EFE), (Camera: Khaled Elfiqi).- Egypt announced the discovery of a 3,000 year-old city in present-day Luxor, which was lost and remains in a good state of preservation. The 'Lost City' has been described as the "largest administrative and industrial settlement in the era of the Egyptian empire on the western bank of Luxor," the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a statement released on Thursday, calling the discovery "the largest city ever found in Egypt". FOOTAGE OF THE 'LOST CITY' DISCOVERED IN LUXOR. SOUNDBITES OF ARCHAEOLOGIST ZAHI HAWASS, IN CHARGE OF THE MISSION RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered six mummies, colourful wooden sarcophagi and more than 1,000 funerary statues in a 3,500-year-old tomb near the southern city of Luxor, the antiquities ministry said Tuesday. IMAGES
An aid convoy with supplies for Gaza waits on the outskirts of the Egyptian city of Ismailia. Media reports had said Israel, Egypt and the United States had agreed the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt would be opened for several hours Monday in a one-off move to allow foreign nationals to flee and aid goods to enter. IMAGES
A procession of floats carrying the mummified remains of 22 pharaohs, including Egypt's most powerful ancient queen, begins from the iconic Egyptian Museum to the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation. Dubbed the "Pharaohs' Golden Parade", the 18 kings and four queens travelled in order, oldest first, each aboard a separate float decorated in ancient Egyptian style. IMAGES