A selection of pottery discovered at an abandoned kiln complex in the ancient Egyptian city of Thmouis.Image credit: J. Silverstein, R. Littman
Posted on 02/21/2023 5:59:06 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists have long known about the Great Revolt, a battle between the ancient Egyptians and the Ptolemaic Kingdom that lasted from 207 B.C. to 184 B.C., because it is mentioned on the Rosetta Stone and in other historical texts. But now, archaeologists have finally discovered the exact location of one of the revolt's battles.
In 2009, archaeologists began excavating a site known as Tell el-Timai, where an ancient Greco-Roman industrial city called Thmouis was located on the Nile Delta of northern Egypt. The excavations were part of the Tell Timai Archaeological Project, an ongoing program by the University of Hawaii to learn more about Thmouis and the role it played in ancient Egypt...
The excavations revealed evidence that Thmouis was "ground zero" of a violent conflict, but at first the researchers weren't certain which one.
Over the next decade, they unearthed the remains of numerous buildings that had been burned to the ground, as well as a cache of artifacts that included weapons like ballista stones along with coins and a headless statue depicting the Ptolemaic queen Arsinoë II. They also discovered an abundance of unburied ancient human remains strewn about the city, according to the study...
Using some of the artifacts plucked from the site, including coins pulled from beneath a home's floorboards, along with the discovery of an abandoned kiln complex where pottery was produced, archaeologists could better pinpoint the time period of the battle based on when the coins were minted.
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
A selection of pottery discovered at an abandoned kiln complex in the ancient Egyptian city of Thmouis.Image credit: J. Silverstein, R. Littman
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Seeing the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum was one of the highlights of my life....that and Petra.
I can imagine. I’m listening to Bob Brier’s YouTube series on Ancient Egypt right now and the last two episodes I listened to have been about the Rosetta Stone. Really fascinating.
We’re going to Egypt in October.
Awesome!
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