Lost city discovered beneath Egypt's desert with ancient church

cmrdporcupine wrote: post #2

... Do we have a better source than Daily Mail? Here: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/07/byzantine-city-with-writt... and https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/04/archaeologists...

thank you.

Re: Lost city discovered beneath Egypt's desert with ancient church

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Post by thisisauserid » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 4:01 PM UTC

A Byzantine lost city around the year 400 CE.

Re: Lost city discovered beneath Egypt's desert with ancient church

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Post by dominotw » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 4:09 PM UTC

this is amazing. I am ancient egypt nerd but sucks that egypt is in egypt. I got scammed last time i went there and ppl were rude and agrresive.

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Post by honeycrispy » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC

I wish I could go back in time and visit to see what it was like.

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 4:18 PM UTC

dominotw wrote: post #6

this is amazing. I am ancient egypt nerd but sucks that egypt is in egypt. I got scammed last time i went there and ppl were rude and agrresive.

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Re: Lost city discovered beneath Egypt's desert with ancient church

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Post by waschl » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC

dominotw wrote: post #6

this is amazing. I am ancient egypt nerd but sucks that egypt is in egypt. I got scammed last time i went there and ppl were rude and agrresive.

can you tell a bit more about how you got scammed? I was in Cairo twice for business and our hosts organized nice trips through the historic sites and new museum. I intend to go there with my family one day

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Post by zulux » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 4:27 PM UTC

dominotw wrote: post #6

this is amazing. I am ancient egypt nerd but sucks that egypt is in egypt. I got scammed last time i went there and ppl were rude and agrresive.

You're not allowed to notice things.