Intact 1,800-Year-Old City Discovered Under Luxor - Look at These Stunning Photographs

westernjournal.com ^ | 1/30/2023 1225 hrs est | Richard Moorhead

[rktman]

Remnants of an ancient city dating back to the Roman Empire have been unearthed in the Egyptian city of Luxor.

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the discovery in a news release Tuesday.

Images of the site reveal the remains of a residential community.

Authorities are describing the unearthed city as the oldest remaining structures in this area of Luxor.

Mostafa Waziri of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities called the area the “most important and oldest residential city on the eastern mainland in Luxor Governorate,” according to the news release, as translated by Google.

Modern-day Luxor contains the ruins of Thebes, an ancient Egyptian city that dates back thousands of years, according to Britannica.

Waziri said the newly found structures are believed to date back to the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, according to Art News.

[rktman]

Maybe they can hire the mooselimb excavating team? How do ruins like that get "covered" over so rapidly? Was it rapidly? Was there a yuge dust storm? Interesting.

[Red Badger]

Sahara sands shift daily.......................

[DannyTN]

Filled it in to make a swimming pool?

[Red Badger]

Intact?....................

[SaveFerris]

That’s a “city”?

Good thing the people were vaxxed.

[Red Badger]

Looks better than some parts of Detroit.....................

[central_va]

It once looked like this:

[SaveFerris]

A little paneling, some bath tile and a pocket door and it will sell for $495,000.

[rktman]

Guess that falls under the “what the meaning of ‘is’ ‘is’” category. 😁👍

[rktman]

😂👍. Been to that one.

[SaveFerris]

[Intact?....................]

How many classified documents did Joe Biden have stored there?

[usconservative]

Looks better than some parts of Detroit.....................

Looks better than the Auburn, Gresham, Wrightwood and Austin neighborhoods in Chiraq too...

[Carriage Hill]

Pompeii is still the most amazing example of preservation, but obviously not from sand.

[Jonty30]

It will buff out.

[rktman]

Chiraq or Chicongo. At least it gave the ‘mare’ a chance to dance the other day.

[mikey_hates_everything]

And the people looked like this:

Dey was Kangs!

[SaxxonWoods]

My father was born in a small mountaintop village in Italy dated to around 1,000 AD when it went on the tax rolls. Below the village are the ruins of an older village. You can walk right through the roofless walls which stick up about 4 feet above the ground. A minimal survey was done dating it to around 500 AD.

Old stuff is all over the place. About 10 miles away a small city called Juvanum has been excavated. Lots of marble, a fountain with water that still flows, and an amphitheater. A museum has been built and is full of artifacts. It has been dated to about 500AD. It was occupied by the Samnites, a tribe never completely absorbed by the Roman Empire.

[silent majority rising]

Extremely well preserved.

[silent majority rising]

Every time you stub your toe you start a new ‘excavation’.

[logi_cal869]

Sands in the hourglass...