The Scots and the lost city of Egypt

A SCOTTISH archaeological expedition, operating on a shoestring budget, has uncovered an ancient Egyptian city, buried by the sands of time.

The expedition, which scrapes together �10,000 a year to maintain its dig near Memphis, the ancient Pharaonic capital, has written a new page of Egypt�s history.

For the newly-discovered town, situated near the necropolis of Saqqara, 15 miles from Cairo, is almost certainly where the workmen who built the pyramids lived with their families.

The presence of large temples, some nearly 200ft square, a number of tombs and the mix of large and small dwellings indicate a place where the wealthy lived alongside the artisan, a "real" town that will offer a unique insight into Egyptian life unaffected by the glamour of the royal and aristocratic classes.

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Nice job UP,
Deep

[Edited on 27-3-2003 by deepwaters]

[Edited on 27-3-2003 by deepwaters]

dude, that is a pretty sweet find man! good job.

Well done for the scots.

Thanks all.

It's one of my kid dream. Beeing involved in an archeology expedition. Aaaahhh, finding a * lost city *.....what a dream !