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More Than 5,500-Year-Old Graves and a Hyksos-Era Settlement Unearthed in Egypt’s Nile Delta
Archaeologists excavating a site in Egypt’s eastern Nile Delta have uncovered evidence of communities that lived and buried their dead there across more than five millennia, from the Predynastic Period to Ptolemaic Egypt. The discoveries at Kom El-Khelgan in Dakahlia Governorate include graves dating back more than 5,500 years, a settlement from the Second Intermediate…
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Hyksos-Era Settlement with Tombs, Kilns and Scarabs Unearthed in Egypt’s Ismailia
Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a Hyksos-era settlement and cemetery complex at Tell el-Koa in Ismailia, adding new evidence for how communities lived, worked and buried their dead in the eastern Nile Delta during the Second Intermediate Period. The discovery was made by an Egyptian archaeological mission working in the Wadi Tumilat area, a natural corridor…
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Radiocarbon Dating of Egyptian Artifacts Redefines the Timeline of the Thera Eruption
A new radiocarbon analysis of Egyptian artifacts has reignited one of archaeology’s longest-standing debates — the precise timing of the catastrophic Thera (Santorini) eruption, one of the largest volcanic events of the last 10,000 years. Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the University of Groningen have, for the first time, obtained radiocarbon dates…