Mudbrick Byzantine city unearthed during excavations at Egypt's western desert oasis

The discovery helps “highlight the cultural diversity witnessed by the Egyptian oases throughout different historical periods ...
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Archaeologists found a lost 1,600-year-old Byzantine city in Egypt’s desert

In the Dakhla Oasis, deep in Egypt’s Western Desert, an Egyptian mission has exposed a well-preserved Byzantine-era ...
Ancient Origins

Lost Desert City Buried for 1,600 Years Unearthed in Egypt

For 1,600 years, a once-thriving frontier settlement lay buried beneath Egypt's western desert. Once governed by Byzantine ...
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Archaeologists uncover Byzantine city in Egypt, and 200 inscribed shards reveal daily life

Business dealings, personal letters and other traces of ordinary life.
Greek Reporter

Entire Byzantine City Discovered in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis

Archaeologists uncovered a well-preserved Byzantine city in Egypt's Dakhla Oasis with churches homes coins ostraca and artifacts.
The Times of Israel

Egypt says it uncovered lost Byzantine-era residential city in western desert

Discovery of well-preserved city and churches at Dakhla Oasis announced by Cairo alongside finding of ancient tombs in Marina ...
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Egypt Uncovers Complete Byzantine-Era Residential City in Dakhla Oasis

Egyptian archaeologists uncovered on Saturday 4 July a remarkably well-preserved Byzantine-era residential city in Egypt’s ...

Egypt uncovers lost Byzantine-era city and ancient tombs in two major archaeological finds

Archaeologists also found four gold pieces placed inside the mouths of some of the deceased, known as ‘the golden tongue’ ...
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Mudbrick Byzantine city unearthed during excavations at Egypt's western desert oasis

The discovery helps “highlight the cultural diversity witnessed by the Egyptian oases throughout different historical periods," said Egyptian Tourism and Antiquities Minister Sherif Fathy. The ruins ...