Post by wysingm on Jun 20, 2010 19:21:26 GMT -5
Source: Associated Press
CAIRO — An Austrian archaeological team has used radar imaging to determine the extent of the ruins of the one time 3,500-year-old capital of Egypt's foreign occupiers, said the antiquities department Sunday.
[The Hyksos were foreign kings who ruled Egypt for around 100 years, known as the Second Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt (1664-1569 BC), until Ahmose I defeated them and started the New Kingdom.]
The Austrian team of archaelogists has been working on the site since 1975.
Archaeology chief Zahi Hawass said in the statement that such noninvasive techniques are the best way define the extent of the site. Egypt's Delta is densely populated and heavily farmed, making extensive excavation difficult, unlike in southern Egypt with its more famous desert tombs and temples.
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Archeologists have known about it since 1975... they have shown admirable restraint. There's so much they could possible learn from this site. Hope it will happen in our lifetimes after they find a non-destructive way to learn more.
CAIRO — An Austrian archaeological team has used radar imaging to determine the extent of the ruins of the one time 3,500-year-old capital of Egypt's foreign occupiers, said the antiquities department Sunday.
[The Hyksos were foreign kings who ruled Egypt for around 100 years, known as the Second Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt (1664-1569 BC), until Ahmose I defeated them and started the New Kingdom.]
The Austrian team of archaelogists has been working on the site since 1975.
Archaeology chief Zahi Hawass said in the statement that such noninvasive techniques are the best way define the extent of the site. Egypt's Delta is densely populated and heavily farmed, making extensive excavation difficult, unlike in southern Egypt with its more famous desert tombs and temples.
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Archeologists have known about it since 1975... they have shown admirable restraint. There's so much they could possible learn from this site. Hope it will happen in our lifetimes after they find a non-destructive way to learn more.