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Byzantine City Uncovered in Egypt’s Dakhleh Oasis - Archaeology Magazine
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT—Ahram Online reports that remnants of a fortified city inhabited in the fourth century A.D. have been uncovered at the Ain El-Sabil site in Egypt’s Dakhleh Oasis. Hisham El Leithy of the Supreme Council of Antiquities said that the well-planned city was laid out on a grid that created open squares and public spaces arranged around a central basilica. Mahmoud Massoud of Dakhla Antiquities added that traces of two watchtowers…
The unearthed neighborhoods included arteries from north to south that crossed streets from east to west, forming open squares and public spaces.Among the unearthed houses was Tisous, identified as a deacon of the church.
The discovery sheds light on urban planning, religious life and the economy of the fourth century.
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bndestem.nlIn the western desert of Egypt, archaeologists have found a fully preserved city beneath the sand. It is a Byzantine settlement with buildings dating from the fourth century AD, the chairman of the archaeological mission told The Guardian.
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