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Archaeologists recently discovered multi -storey buildings from a lost Egyptian city in the Nile Delta and promoted new insights into urban life in ancient times.
The ruins of the city – known in antiquity as imet or Buto – are in the Page now called Tell el-Fara’in. The University of Manchester announced the discovery in a press release on June 24th.
Several excavations have been taken on site in recent decades, but the latest excavation of British archaeologists showed the presence of several multi -storey structures.
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The increased apartments were found thanks to a combination of remote sensing and satellite images, said the Manchester University. The British archaeologists were accompanied by experts from the University of Sadat City in Cairo.
The High-tech methods Remembered researchers before the excavation of “old Mudbricks”.
Archaeologists discovered the remains of tower houses in the Nil -Delta city of Imet and an old bronze bassel that was seen on the right. (University of Manchester)
The university reported: “This approach led to the discovery of dense architectural remains, including considerable tower houses – multi -storey buildings that were supported by exceptionally thick foundation walls and which should accommodate a growing population in an increasingly urbanized Delta region.”
The lecturer of the University of Manchester, Nicky Nielsen, helped the excavation.
In an explanation, he dated the structures to the Ptolemaic period, That started around 332 BC. BC and ended in 30 BC Chr.
“These tower houses are mainly in the Nildelta between late times and the Roman era and are rare elsewhere in Egypt,” said the Egyptologist.
“Your presence here shows that Imet was a flowering and densely built city with a complex urban infrastructure.”
Archaeologists also discovered the remains of grain storage or buildings for the storage of grain and a ceremonial street, which was bound with the cult of the Wadjet, the old Egyptian cobra goddess.
Further exploration and satellite technology led archaeologists to hidden architectural remains. (University of Manchester)
Animal housing were also observed during the excavation and a number of additional buildings.
“Imet is the key location for rethinking archeology in the late period in Egypt.”
“Elsewhere, the excavators found a large building with a limestone cleaning floor and massive columns from the middle of the Ptolema socket,” said the Manchester University.
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“This building was built on the processionary road that was once connected The Temple of Wadjet – The protective deity of the city, “continued the statement.
“This ceremonial route seems to be in use in the middle Ptolem socket, which offers an insight into the shift of religious landscapes in ancient Egypt.”
Smaller artifacts were also uncovered by archaeologists. Pictures from the excavation show a USHABTI (a small burial figure), a stone slab that the Gottharpocrates and a bronze sistorum or rattling of Hathor, the goddess of Music and joy.
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According to university officials, the excavation will help to understand the “urban, religious and economic life of this city in the Nildelta in the 4th century BC” “
“This discovery opens up new doors for our understanding of everyday life, spirituality and urban planning in the delta,” concluded the explanation.
A stone slab with the image of Harpocrates that were seen on the left and a Ushabti burial figure that was seen on the right were among the recently discovered artifacts. (University of Manchester)
“Imet is the key location for rethinking archeology in the late period in Egypt.”
Old Egypt has had archaeologists for centuries, and many finds from the millennium-old civilization are still being discovered today.
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