Archaeologists Unearth Remains of Largest Ancient Egyptian Fortified City in Northern Sinai

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:37:45 GMT

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Archaeologists have unearthed 3,000-year-old remains of the largest ancient Egyptian fortified city while exploring an old military road in Sinai that once connected Egypt to Palestine, the antiquities authority said Wednesday.
Zahi Hawass, chief of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, said that archaeologists unearthed a relief of King Thutmose II (1516-1504 B.C.), thought to be the first such royal monument found in Sinai. It indicates that Thutmose II may have built a fort in the area.

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Archaeologists Unearth Remains of Largest Ancient Egyptian Fortified City in Northern Sinai