Luxor discovery: ‘Ancient Egypt’s Pompeii’ found as archaeologists uncover 3,400-year-old ‘lost golden city’ |

Luxor discovery: ‘Ancient Egypt’s Pompeii’ found as archaeologists uncover 3,400-year-old ‘lost golden city’ |

A large pharaonic city, built more than 3,400 years ago during the opulent reign of Amenhotep III, has been uncovered in Egypt.

Experts have described the site as “ancient Egypt‘s Pompeii” due to how well it has been preserved – despite lying unseen for centuries.

Archaeologists began searching for a mortuary temple near Luxor in September, but then found mud brick formations in every direction.

Archeological discoveries are seen in Luxor, Egypt, in this undated handout photo. Zahi Hawass Center for Egyptology and High Council of Antiquities Joint Mission/Handou
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Archaeologists discovered tools, jewellery and scarabs

They unearthed the city which still had almost…

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