Experts discover an amazing royal home from Ancient Egypt, marking a breakthrough in archaeology.


The remnants of 3,500-year-old royal home used by well-known king 

in northeastern Egypt have been discovered by archaeologists.

By Emily Wright


One hundred miles from Cairo, archaeologists have made the amazing discovery 

of the enormous remnants of 3,500-year-old building thought

 to have been royal rest home.

The finding clarifies the region's strategic significance under the rule 

of Thutmose III, well-known pharaoh in ancient Egypt.

During the pharaoh's military expeditions into the eastern Mediterranean, 

the building is believed to have functioned as temporary residence

 for ancient Egyptian troops, potentially even nobility.

Thutmose the Great, or Thutmose III, was well-known for his military expeditions.

Between 1479 and 1425 BC—also referred to as Egypt's 18th dynasty—he greatly

 enlarged Egypt's kingdom.

The royal rest house, which was built of mud brick and was discovered at the 

Tel Habwa archeological site in the Northern Sinai region, is distinguished 

by two major pillared halls and numerous adjacent rooms.

"The building's architectural design and the lack of ceramic fractures inside suggest 

that this structure was likely utilized as royal retreat,"

 said Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khaled, Secretary General 

of the Supreme Council of Archaeology.

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities supported this by sharing 

in translated statement that the building's interior artifacts and design suggest 

that it served as royal retreat.

Professor Ramadan Helmy, Head of the Mission and Director of the North Sinai 

Archaeology Region, noted, "Stratigraphic layer study, pottery fragments 

discovered nearby, and the finding of two inscribed cranes bearing the name 

of Thutmose III were used to establish the building's age."

Evidence of subsequent use, including as burials from the Third Intermediate 

Period, has also been found during excavations at the Tel Habwa site.

With diverse kinds of locally produced pottery found in different levels and also 

suggesting the burial of children, it seems that the site later developed 

into cemetery during following dynasties.

Egypt's military plans heavily relied on the Tel Habwa (or Tharu) location, 

which is located along the historic "Horus Road."

This corridor, which ran from Egypt into the Gaza Strip via the Sinai Peninsula, 

was essential for military operations and troop deployments.

Along the Suez Canal, Tel Habwa is now an archeological site.

In the Egyptian city of Luxor, archaeologists have also just revealed 

the amazing discovery of mortuary constructed by Hatshepsut,

 female pharaoh who ruled from approximately 1473 to 1458 BC.

Thutmose III was also her stepmother.

Source express.co.uk


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