Archaeologists discover 7,000-year-old lost city

By Sam Berman, Buzz60

Egyptian Archaeologists have just discovered a 7,000 year-old lost city along the Nile river.

Mahmouf Afify, head of The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities says they have excavated parts of Abydos, a site dating back to 5,316 BCE that could have been part of the first capital of one of the earliest Egyptian empires.

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So far, the excavation team has uncovered fragments and remnants of houses, tools, utensils and at least 15 elaborate tombs belonging to Egyptian royals.

According to the Ministry, The city, only being a quarter mile away from the sacred city of Abyd, is an important discovery that could lead to new information about ancient Egyptian History.

Chris Eyre, a professor of Egyptology at the University of Liverpool also stressed how important this discovery is.

He told BBC News, "About a mile behind where this material is said to be we have the necropolis with royal tombs going from before history to the period where we start getting royal names, we start getting identifiable kings."

Experts say knowledge about the city will play an important role in Egyptian History, being that it is thought to be one of the first Egyptian cities.