• Ramesses II Inscription Offers New Clue to Egypt’s Lost City of Mesen

    Ramesses II Inscription Offers New Clue to Egypt’s Lost City of Mesen

    A massive sandstone lintel inscribed with the name of a long-lost ancient Egyptian city has emerged from excavations at Tell Abu Saifi, offering archaeologists one of their strongest clues yet to the possible location of Mesen. The discovery was made near East Qantara in Egypt’s Ismailia Governorate, where an Egyptian archaeological mission is investigating a…