Buried for 3,000 years: Egypt’s Lost Golden City of Luxor reveals an ancient world frozen in time

For decades, archaeologists searching Egypt’s deserts mainly uncovered tombs, temples, and royal burial chambers. The stories of kings and queens survived in stone, while the lives of ordinary people slowly disappeared beneath the sand. That is partly why the discovery of the Lost Golden City of Luxor created such excitement among historians and archaeologists around […]

Egypt’s ‘lost golden city’ resurfaces after 3,400 years and it’s rewriting history | World News

Archaeologists working near Luxor have identified the remains of a large royal city dating back around 3,400 years, offering a detailed look at daily life during one of ancient Egypt’s most powerful periods. The settlement was built under Pharaoh Amenhotep III and later inherited by his son Akhenaten, whose radical religious reforms reshaped Egyptian history. […]