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  • Battle site of 'Great Revolt' recorded on Rosetta Stone unearthed in Egypt

    02/21/2023 5:59:06 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 7 replies
    Live Science ^ | February 2, 2023 | Jennifer Nalewicki
    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...